Chapter 4. HTTP and HTTPS: The Hacking Protocols
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. | ||
| --Eighteenth-century English proverb. Collected in Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732). | ||
Introduction
On the Internet billions of electrons pass along thousands of miles of cable every day to and from destinations around the world and beyond. These electrons carry written messages, visual images, and sound between millions of computers connected to the World Wide Web. Many of the transmissions contain vital and confidential information that can be used for mischief and fraud by hackers if they gain access to them—and many do. How can they still get in, with so much technological progress in firewalls and intrusion detection software? The answer is ...
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