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But if they are using a self signed cert, how do you KNOW you are
connecting to www.amazon.com?


I agree that it is possible for malicious people, or malicious code to hack
say PC's host files (i.e. DNS poisoning) and redirect browsers to malicious
IP addresses on the Internet.

I just question the norm of browsers assuming that all HTTPS sites are
malicious, just because the possibility exists - however slight. That gets
annoying, especially for accessing servers on your LAN, for example.

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