Iran Blocks HTTPS, Cutting Off Gmail, Yahoo and Other Major Sites

posted on 11/02/2012 23:41

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news surfaced that the country is blocking access to websites that use HTTPS. That means that a number of popular, secure websites like Google, Gmail, Yahoo and even online banking sites are inaccessible. Anything based outside the country that uses a secure connection via HTTPS is blocked, according to news reports and a thread on Hacker News. Secure sites based within Iran are reportedly still accessible.