[Pottus]

After a search today I noticed there is a proxy site exclusively dedicated to linking to the SA-MP forums here is what was troubling and should be something everyone needs to look out for.

A picture of the site, as you can see a perfect immitation


Make sure that if your not logged the page your on is actually the genuine website.

[Kapersky™]

Thanks for informing.

EDIT: I guess, yes.

I wonder, they're using the backgroup from Nevada Roleplay, rofl.

[CalvinC]

I've seen it as well, it's been up for some time, but no idea what it is.

[Tamer]

sa-mp.com should acquire an SSL certificate, also game-mp.com

Yeah It's a bit off topic, but just throwing this here.

[Abagail]

The weird thing is that it shows the up-to-date posts... I wonder if it's actually getting the data directly from sa-mp.com and serving as an iframe or using some other method.

[Samp_India]

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Originally Posted by Abagail The weird thing is that it shows the up-to-date posts... I wonder if it's actually getting the data directly from sa-mp.com and serving as an iframe or using some other method.

Its a Reverse proxy.

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In computer networks, a reverse proxy is a type of proxy server that retrieves resources on behalf of a client from one or more servers. These resources are then returned to the client as though they originated from the proxy server itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy

[Parallax]

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Originally Posted by Tamer sa-mp.com should acquire an SSL certificate, also game-mp.com Yeah It's a bit off topic, but just throwing this here.

No need to do so. It's the victim's fault for not being cautious and getting their account compromised.

[rymax99]

SSL only mitigates MITM attacks.

[Khanz]

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Originally Posted by Parallax No need to do so. It's the victim's fault for not being cautious and getting their account compromised.

That's a really stupid argument, the site owner should do their bit too, a SSL certification isn't hard to obtain.
SSL can also help to protect when connecting to insecure networks.

[KayJ]

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Originally Posted by Samp_India Its a Reverse proxy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy

I think that might be a reason, happens to me also