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diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/ssl_tls_concepts.md b/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/ssl_tls_concepts.md index 48412f48c12..5b7f6454ef7 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/ssl_tls_concepts.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/ssl_tls_concepts.md @@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ nor credit card transactions, then why do we need secure connections? Back in the 1990s, where HTTPS came out, [SSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#SSL_1.0.2C_2.0_and_3.0) was considered a "special" security measure, necessary just for big companies like banks and shopping sites with financial transactions. + <!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = NO --> + 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): + <!-- vale gitlab.rulename = YES --> > _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](https://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/)._ |