Re: What will incentivize deployment of explicit proxies?

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Yoav Nir <synp71@live.com> wrote:

> I like this discovery process. It's all in HTTP. The only downside is that
> it requires plaintext HTTP to work. I'm assuming that http://awebsite.comshould not be the real site that the user is trying to view, but some
> specific site that the browser vendor keeps available just for testing for
> proxies with HTTP. You can't use the site that the user used, because that
> might be HTTPS.
>
> You will get pushback on #5, though.
>
>
> On 3/12/13 3:16 PM, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>
>> Le Mar 3 décembre 2013 12:24, Yoav Nir a écrit :
>>
>>
>> 5. Prompt the user:
>>
>> Accept using gateway-name to access http://awebsite.com/ and other web
>> sites in ingoing-http2-mode ?
>>
>> [check reformatted access rules] [see help page] [see certificate]
>>
>>    [ ] Prompt for other web sites and security modes
>>    ( ) only for this session ( ) all the time
>>    (*) only from here        ( ) everywhere
>>                                           [Yes] [No]
>>
>>
>>  My mother would call me if she got that. My daughter would quickly learn
> that clicking "Yes" after unchecking the "Prompt" box and selecting
> "everywhere" makes the prompt go away and not come back. IOW it would make
> the Internet work.
>

<pushback>
I can probably expect to be tarred and feathered by my security team if I
tell them we need to put up a UI asking the end user to make a decision
about security :)
</pushback>


> Yoav
>
> (or my mother could call my daughter and get her advice...)
>
>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 3 December 2013 18:53:57 UTC