[SSL and HTTPS]

When using any site that involves money, from online shopping, to bitcoin web wallets, to bitcoin gaming, one recurring risk which has been seen is the Man in the Middle Attack (MITM).  This is when an attacker, somewhere between your computer and the website you are accessing, intercepts your connection and impersonates the website you are trying to access.  The MITM attack has been seen on the Tor network, when a malicious exit node will impersonate certain bitcoin sites to try and steal a user's bitcoins when they put their login information into the fake site.  So what is the solution to make sure you are secure?

SSL and HTTPS

SSL is a method of end to end encryption that makes sure the information between your computer and the site you are accessing is unable to be altered in transit.  People using VPN's and the Tor program to access various bitcoin sites are at higher risk due to putting more systems in between your computer and the site you are accessing.  By verifying you are connecting to a domain that begins with https with the lock icon next to it, you can ensure that your connection to the site is not being intercepted.  For further security, you can verify the certificate they are presenting you is a valid certificate.



Common Bitcoin SSL Certificate Hashes (4/30/2015)

PrimeDice - https://primedice.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint: 98:3A:82:A8:50:19:48:19:32:BD:90:19:D6:8C:3E:00:4C:75:FF:69:65:C7:64:B0:8C:86:D2:76:AA:B5:54:D5
SHA1 Fingerprint: 8A:D6:87:4B:99:B2:E1:31:CD:60:A9:BA:72:EF:92:00:4D:40:94:64

Just-Dice - https://just-dice.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint: 78:9B:E9:39:C8:9B:8F:FA:7A:7B:9F:A2:93:B1:79:B4:EA:F7:DF:9C:42:22:4C:5E:2E:18:39:70:3C:EF:0D:1F
SHA1 Fingerprint: 63:31:BA:A9:E0:B3:E3:2A:35:3B:4B:91:35:BC:7D:AF:CA:19:60:CC

Blockchain.info - https://blockchain.info

SHA-256 Fingerprint: D0:3F:04:0B:D9:85:5F:F0:B3:C9:78:89:2B:31:36:8E:D4:C3:76:AA:D5:26:02:9C:33:42:F2:B7:93:F2:85:E1
SHA1 Fingerprint: 94:10:81:EB:E4:62:B5:BD:7B:03:DE:79:C7:A6:4D:91:30:13:7B:E0

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