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jamescostian on March 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site wi...

Re authentication: the site uses HTTPS, and doesn't HTTPS provide authentication that you are connected to the right server, receiving only data from that server (assuming the server and it's contents aren't compromised)? Or are you referring to another type of authentication

Nullabillity on March 7, 2017 [–]

> assuming the server and it's contents aren't compromised

That's the assumption that file authentication would remove. Well, assuming that the server isn't also sending a backdoored client..

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