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Date: Wed Mar 15 18:20:04 2006
From: tim-security at sentinelchicken.org (Tim)
Subject: HTTP AUTH BASIC monowall.

>     As suspected... so I am correct; and it is a security threat. I can
> compromise a network, arp poison it, MiTM, access the firewall,
> distributed metastasis, presto... owned...

You are completely missing the point.  Did you read my first response?

If you properly use your PKI, then doing a simple MitM attack, as you
describe, is not possible without bells and whistles going off in your
browser.  

There are plenty of SSL & PKI tutorials online.  I suggest you read
some.

tim