http://www.libcoffee.net/articles/2005/08/04/untitled en-us 40 :: Just another Typo weblog :: <p>Had nothing better to do wallowing about in the warm little university library while logging on <a href="http://webmessenger.msn.com/"><span class="caps">MSN</span> Web Messenger</a> over my laptop on Wifi &#8211; and then I realise its bloody troublesome to click on &#8220;Sign in using enhanced security&#8221; every time. Why couldn&#8217;t the guys over at Redmond put extra security as a default, or heaven forbid, at least save my choices with cookies?<br /><br /><span class="caps">FYI</span>, eavesdropping on data sent over Wifi is <i>very easy</i>. Curious what the cute girl in the next sofa is doing on her shiny Dell? Boot up a &#8216;sniffing&#8217; program, and you might even get to read her email.<br /><br />Anyway, back to topic. It didn&#8217;t take too long to realise the only difference between both login pages is just http:// and https://. And what else to automagicalize this process none other than a <a href="http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/">Greasemonkey</a> script?<br /><br /><span class="caps">A 5</span>-minute affair of copy-paste-edit (1-liner code is from <a href="http://novemberborn.net/greasemonkey/secure-gmail.user.js">SecureGmail</a>) ensues, and here we go: <a href="http://geocities.com/zanglang/safepassport.user.js">SafePassport</a>.<br /><br />What it does is change<br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6819/54/320/insecure.jpg" border="0" /><br />to<br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6819/54/320/secure.jpg" border="0" /><br />with 128-bit <span class="caps">SSL</span> enabled.</p> Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:25:00 +1000 urn:uuid:15dafb44-0980-4475-aedc-cfb342e7a7d9 zanglang http://www.libcoffee.net/articles/2005/08/04/untitled Code http://www.libcoffee.net/articles/trackback/226