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Enable Security
Company blog · enablesecurity.com/blogsecuritysystems
Enable Security is the company blog at enablesecurity.com, writing about security and systems. Since 2008, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Enable Security's post about Surf Jack, a security tool for HTTPS-related attacks, as background on a Gmail account hacking thread. The only comment is a bare link with a short pointer.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Expert VoIP penetration testing and WebRTC pentest services to identify RTC vulnerabilities and secure your communications
Most-linked posts?
- Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-08-11
What Hacker News says?
- sd · 2008-08-20
FYI, the process has been simplified with a security tool called Surf Jack. See http://enablesecurity.com/2008/08/11/surf-jack-https-will-no... for more information. The Internet -- it's a fragile thing.
Comment linking /2008/08/11/surf-jack-https-will-not-save-you/
on “Gmail Account Hacking Tool” Submitted The Extended HTML Form attack revisited as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted SIPVicious – open-source for security auditing SIP based VoIP systems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Securing Coturn: Configuration Guide with Copy-Paste Templates as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Turn Security Threats: A Hacker's View as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted White Paper: DTLS 'ClientHello' Race Conditions in WebRTC Implementations [pdf] as a story · 1 points
HN discussion