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| author | Marcel Amirault <ravlen@gmail.com> | 2018-10-24 11:50:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcel Amirault <ravlen@gmail.com> | 2018-10-24 11:50:00 +0000 |
| commit | f3fabd86033f12829b817e1d430ea1cdb29ca473 (patch) | |
| tree | c224ac38f1206dc49bc2c8346832a1960373984c /doc/user/project/pages | |
| parent | cb47f40d8fdae43540c22f9373962ce8ec41fc6b (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-f3fabd86033f12829b817e1d430ea1cdb29ca473.tar.gz | |
Update links to external sites
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diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md index e1eede8bbed..89b9621b8b9 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ security measure, necessary just for big companies, like banks and shoppings sit with financial transactions. Now we have a different picture. [According to Josh Aas](https://letsencrypt.org/2015/10/29/phishing-and-malware.html), Executive Director at [ISRG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Security_Research_Group): -> _We’ve since come to realize that HTTPS is important for almost all websites. It’s important for any website that allows people to log in with a password, any website that [tracks its users](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/) in any way, any website that [doesn’t want its content altered](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/), and for any site that offers content people might not want others to know they are consuming. We’ve also learned that any site not secured by HTTPS [can be used to attack other sites](http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/04/dont-be-fodder-for-chinas-great-cannon/)._ +> _We’ve since come to realize that HTTPS is important for almost all websites. It’s important for any website that allows people to log in with a password, any website that [tracks its users](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/) in any way, any website that [doesn’t want its content altered](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/), and for any site that offers content people might not want others to know they are consuming. We’ve also learned that any site not secured by HTTPS [can be used to attack other sites](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/04/dont-be-fodder-for-chinas-great-cannon/)._ Therefore, the reason why certificates are so important is that they encrypt the connection between the **client** (you, me, your visitors) |