Interception Modernisation Programme

[Nigel Metheringham]

On 9 Oct 2008, at 16:06, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <Pine.SOC.4.64.0810091541290.509@bowling.cent.gla.ac.uk>,  
> Chris Edwards <chris@eng.gla.ac.uk> writes
>> Google provide an "Always use HTTPS" option, which I suspect Roland  
>> has
>> enabled.  (Presumably google are banking on few people using it).
>
> Not consciously enabled, indeed when I now go into the "settings"  
> screen *neither* of the radio buttons for https 'Browser connection'  
> are lit up, which suggests to me I'm running on default settings.

As I understand it, google now makes it so that if you go to
   https://gmail.com/   or https://googlemail.com/

initially (ie https rather than http) then the secure setting will
stick after authentication.

	Nigel.
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