Ramblings, ideas, problems, and solutions

Tag: https

  • Resolving problems with GMail Notifier when you’ve set GMail default to HTTPS

    If you’ve fixed the security problem described in my last post, you might have noticed that the GMail Notifier no longer works. It seems Google have also seen this problem occur, and they’ve even made a patch for it. Here’s how to get it, and how to apply it. Happy patching! Download the patch (.zip).…

  • Stoppering GMail’s default security problem

    At this year’s DefCon, a security problem inherent to the default settings in GMail was unveiled. The problem is that, by default, GMail does not use encrypted sessions. This can be a problem if you use public computers, because the session key might be retrievable. With the session key in hand, access is apparently simple…