Ask HN: Why does genius.com a Y Combinator startup not use SSL
Is there a reason for not using SSL?
Is there a reason for not using SSL?
Just a quick glance at their site and I noticed that the forms are posting to relative paths like /user_session and just do a this.form.submit in the javascript. I didn't dig in so maybe I am missing something, but it seems insecure. There were a few scripts loaded via https, but didn't appear to be the login.
YC or not doesn't matter (at least to me), this is basic stuff that shouldn't be missed.
Captured from Chrome dev tools on the submit of the login form. Password is passed in plain text below. authenticity_token:EqtHVWqGXo0b/yZ/pmFcslTzzyhsjJNwewhEBkRLJ9M= user_session[login]:test user_session[password]:test user_session[remember_me]:0 user_session[remember_me]:1 commit:Login