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| I would surf only in SSL if given the option. |    | 1 | 7.69% |
| I would use SSL for any input a website asks of me. |    | 5 | 38.46% |
| I would use SSL for dealing with finances only. |    | 7 | 53.85% |
| It doesn't make a difference. I just use what is provided for me. |    | 0 | 0% |
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October 18th, 2002, 03:11 PM
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Does SSL make you more comfortable?
I was just in the process of building yet another site and I have come to a cross roads. I was looking at the logs for a few of the sites which I manage and I noticed that when given an option, people don't seem to care about using SSL encryption on most forms.
Now my question to all of you is: If given the option to use SSL encryption on a form, which form(s) would you choose to encrypt? My Opinion: SSL only secures the transfer of the information, it has little to no bearing on how the information is stored, used, or otherwise accessed. So, you are taking a gamble either way. I do however feel that someone who has taken the time to build the security option for users, must care about the users security. Otherwise why go through the paramount effort. I also would only use SSL for submitting sensitive information regarding my health, finances, or other vital statistics.
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October 18th, 2002, 03:34 PM
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Web developers are really the wrong folks to ask about this. You should poll your actual users, I think folks see "SSL" and generally think it secures much more than just the server-to-server communication (most folks don't even get the idea of the web as a client-server connection. . .) if they understand it at all, beyond "the lock means safe" or whatnot.
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October 18th, 2002, 05:15 PM
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Actually, the site is going to be geared towards web developers, IT pro's, and programmers so I would like to get the opinions of all of you.
I am just curious if the individuals I mentioned above really care one way or the other. It would save me lots of work, but on the other hand, I dont want sacrifice trust to save time.
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October 18th, 2002, 06:08 PM
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Totally useless unless I'm submitting sensitive data. Given the choice of transmitting passwords in a secured channel I usually don't care (forums, stupid forced reg. site just to view some page, etc as oposed to webmail).
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October 21st, 2002, 05:53 AM
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It doesn't matter unless I am paying money somewhere.
And if I'm paying money I won't pay unless SSL is working.
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