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What is a Man In The Middle Attack?3rdKey.com effectively blocks Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks by using a 2-layered encryption system including HTTPS SSL/TLS and a Diffie-Hellman key exchange to secure communication between the server and browser. As long as you keep your 3rd key secure, your online communications remain protected against MITM threats.

scumBag.net's founder is riding on the train from Lancaster to London, a 5 1/2 hour trip
He sets up a router called FreeWiFiTrial, which acts as a front end to the train company's real WiFi service (this is actually very easy to do)
Dave gets on the same train, at Birmingham New Street, for a 2 1/2 hour trip to London Euston, he connects to WiFi every day, and he is really happy to see that the train company is offering a Free WiFi Trial for this trip
Everything that Dave does on the internet for this train ride will go through scumBag.net's "man in the middle" router
With software, scumBag.net's founder can read and change anything that Dave sends or receives

newstatesman.com train wifi article / dailymail / techtarget.com MITM how to / wonderhowto.com MITM how to

3rdKey.com blocks MITM attacks
- We use HTTPS SSL/TLS to encrypt all communication between the server and the browser
  - Effective unless someone accepts a bad certificate
  - When warned about a bad security certificate, 90% of people will ignore it (BYU study)
- We further encrypt all communication ourselves
  - Unique to 3rdkey.com, we use a proprietary Diffie-Hellman secret key exchange
  - Effective as long as the MITM does not manipulate the communications
- We prevent the MITM from manipulating the communications
  - The 3rd key isn't transmitted.
  - Unique verification phrases, known to you, ensure the communications are not being manipulated.
  - Using the 3rd key as a part of the encryption algorithm completely shuts down the MITM attack
- As long as you keep your 3rd key safe, your web communications are safe on 3rdKey.com
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