full-disclosure - Insecure http pages referencing https form-actions.

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Message-ID: <42FA0040.21148.8BD02F8D@localhost>
Date: Wed Aug 10 02:25:30 2005
From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: Insecure http pages referencing https
	form-actions.

fd@...nsci.us wrote:

> Today I realized that many "secured" web sites reference their secure 
> login page from an insecure page.  For example:
> 
> http://www.some-luser.com/login.html:
>   <form action="https://cgi.some-luser.com/login-cgi">
>     user: <input name=user> 
>     pass: <input name=pass>
>   </form>

Welcome to, ohhh, 1997???

I can't be bothered looking it up, but this is ancient.

Of course, that it still happens really, often, on huge sites that 
really should know better says a lot about, well, many things really...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald