I came across the http v https thing four or five years ago. Here is my
story,. Maybe someone has an answer.
" http : // www . MyWebsite . ca " was a legitimate website in all
respects, properly registered, etc, etc
One time by pure chance I entered [minus the " " marks]
" https : // www . MyWebsite . ca " and up came a completely different
website with no connection to the legitimate one EXCEPT that the line of
business of both web site users was identical. The legitimate user was in
Canada, the other user was in the US.
The only difference in the URLs between the first and second sites was the "
s " in the opening http.
That " s " had given the illegitimate user use of a well established
Canadian domain name. Uploaded pages on the illegitimate site nor its
traffic activity affected the functionality of the legitimate site.
When I mentioned this to the client the https site disappeared that day. I
never did discover what the client did to have the https site go away.
jh
- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Slow internet? Maybe it's time to check your router
> Thanks, Chuck, that is helpful. Unfortunately just one more #@&%$*@ thing
> to worry about from the internet. One question: what is the difference
> between the HTTP and the HTTPS he mentions about half way down the page?
> And should the latter be checked?
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I ran across this article this morning having to do with a router worm
>> on certain Linksys routers. If it's infecting your router it may cause
>> bad performance. My own Linksys router wasn't one of the susceptible
>> model numbers but I decided I'd better go check to see if there were any
>> other firmware updates for my own model number (WRT54GL v1.1). In fact
>> there have been more than 1/2 dozen updates since my routher was new
>> (3-4 years ago)... for fixing other things I'd never heard of. Moral of
>> the story is that your router can be vulnerable to malware as well and
>> it doesn't matter what OS you're running since the router is out there
>> ahead of your computer. You might want to check the website for your
>> own brand/model of router.
>>
>> The Moon router worm. Your anti-virus won't protect you
>> <http://grahamcluley.com/2014/02/moon-router-worm/>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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