| I am what you might call a little bit of a paranoid | | | | protect you. That means that the "man" can |
| nut. I supposed it is because I'm in the I.T. | | | | monitor your e-mail traffic coming from your web |
| industry, and have a mindset for security. | | | | browser to the web server, and that is not a |
| Anyway, I am Gmail user. I love it, and | | | | good thing. Does Gmail support SSL encryption |
| everything about it. It was one of the first free | | | | through their web interface? The answer is a |
| POP3 systems to use TLS for e-mail clients as | | | | resounding YES! Just browse to or and login as |
| far as I know. | | | | usual. |
| Anyway, when I was looking at my Gmail | | | | One might argue that when they browse to for |
| account today from their web interface I noticed | | | | the first time that it does default to https. This is |
| that it defaults to and not to What does that | | | | only true if you have not logged in. As soon as |
| mean? You may ask. It means your e-mail is not | | | | you login, you are transferred to http. |
| secured. As you know, https is used for web | | | | If you have any bookmarks, or links that you use |
| based SSL encryption to protect your data over | | | | to get you your gmail web interface, make sure |
| the web. If you are browsing to a website with | | | | you add the S, to make it secure. |
| only http, you don't have any encryption to | | | | |