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Capturing and decrypting my own SSL traffic

When I use browser or wget to access another site, some sites will only use HTTPS / SSL automatically. When a site doesn't provide content without encryption, how do I capture what my computer sends ...
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Should we block all plaintext authentication and require authentication over an encrypted channel?

Should we configure our servers to require the authentication happen over an encrypted channel and block all methods of unencrypted, plaintext authentication over? I recently configured my servers to ...
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Are my credentials unsafe if I am already logged-in before connecting to a public network?

Let's say I am already logged-in to my Gmail or Yahoo account using my 3G then I switched to a public WIFI in an airport or cafe. Is my username and password still vulnerable? What others kinds of ...
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how can you view an HTTP request in transit?

In Google Chrome, sometimes you will see the https: protocol in the URL bar with a red strike through it. Clicking on the info button says that not all elements on the page are encrypted, and may be ...
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Sniffing IMAPS traffic! Are there any tools for this?

I've got a problem where someone has implemented a custom IMAP Server. I need to write a custom application to get a list of emails, and fetch messages. Problem is, every library I've tried to use ...
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Facebook login on HTTP? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is the Facebook login form using SSL without https in the URL? If you access http://www.facebook.com/, in the top right side there is the login section. You can enter ...
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Does https prevent man in the middle attacks by proxy server?

There is a desktop client A connecting to website W in a https connection A --> W Somehow between A and W, there is a proxy G. A --> G --> W In this case, will G be able to get the ...