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Fur Affinity adds secure login; breaks SFW login

Posted by (Laurence Parry) on Sat 8 May 2010 - 01:16
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Furry art community Fur Affinity has implemented a secure login server. This should prevent computers on the same network (such as those on an hotel wireless system) from intercepting credentials, and deter some man-in-the-middle attacks.

The change comes shortly before FA: United – perhaps in the hope of avoiding a repeat of 2007's breach. Several other security issues remain.

The new login path does not work for the recently-added 'safe-for-work' subdomain. Users can manually load https://sfw.furaffinity.net/login and accept a certificate exception to login; they must subsequently reload http://sfw.furaffinity.net/

Update: 'Safe-for-work' logins should be fixed in the next update.

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Aurastar Taijiya (visitor) — Sun 9 May 2010 - 18:57
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They also took down account registration...D:

bersl2 — Sun 9 May 2010 - 20:22
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I think that has more to do with some ongoing drama.

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