RIP Learner. He ran this awesome TLS proxy for EL and it stopped working a short while ago. Is there any chance it will be resurrected by someone? Sharing my credentials with my network admins or ISP is not something I want. And yes, this risk is very real.
This also applies to this very website. I already get a big fat warning about the connection being unencrypted and passwords will be exposed. When will this change? This is a really basic security measure that is lacking.
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