Re: [tlug] telnet'ing to home with Java servlet

[Shawn <shawn@example.com>]

Ok to clarify things
> 
> > Jim, why do you think a proxy forces plaintext passwords with an HTTPS
> > proxy? 
> 
> In replying to Shawn, I made no such comment. 
> 
> Shawn was not talking about https, 
> so in my reply I was also not talking about https. 
> 
 
Well originally I was but then S. Turnbull mentioned:



    Shawn> PS With http though they could sniff your password.  I'd
    Shawn> set it up to run https.

>As was pointed out earlier, if http/https is being proxied, the
>password will be converted to cleartext by the proxy.

But no, Jim never mentioned that.

Shawn