Airline gets caught with web security glitch.With all the troubles facing United Airlines in the sky and on the ground, Buzz was distressed to encounter a problem online too. Using a link in a United e-mail, Buzz decided to check his Mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his Plus balance. Upon attempting to log-in, Buzz's browser issued a warning that the Web site's SSL certificate Refers to the digital certificate used with the most popular security protocol on the Internet. When you make a purchase on the Web and notice the closed lock icon at the top or bottom of your browser or the HTTPS:// prefix in the URL, it means you have established a secure SSL connection. , issued by Verisign, doesn't match the site's name. Could it be that United is using a bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. or expired certificate? No, it's simply a Web architecture goof-up. Digging in, Buzz determined that the certificate was issued for www.ual.com, but was being used on www.ua2go.com--not a match, thus a warning from the browser. Buzz chose to continue, but how many of United customers might be put-off by the "security alert" warning and go somewhere else? Or, how many might accept warnings in situations not as benign as United's seems to be? Forgetting to consistently match certificates to domains isn't an uncommon Web UnCommon Web is a web application framework for Common Lisp. It uses Continuation-passing style to control complexity, as opposed to REST. It's primarily intended for developing applications that use the web browser as a GUI, as opposed to a web-based interface to a database. site problem; have you checked yours lately? |
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