Hi guys, is above website legit?
Has anyone used it?
The gov makes me think it is, but there is no "https://" and the little box next to the web address says the "connection to site is not secure" and not to enter private details etc.
After seeing long lines at TRS on previous trips I am trying to pre-claim it this time
TIA
It's legit. You can access that exact page via https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/ente/tour/trs-applicatio…
sigh.
Great job Border Force, can't even protect individuals data by having a website with SSL.
I've not been able to actually pre-claim any of the three times I've done TRS. I needed to fill out the paper form twice in the airport because no one was operating to accept the QR code / inspect and the other was in a cruise terminal where apparently they don't have a computer that can accept the pre-fill even when everything's working, so they spent 20 minutes processing my one claim with people queuing behind me for the same process.
Use the browser extension ‘https eveywhere’ to give yourself some extra protection.
I am constantly surprised at how little tech savvy our goberment has.
Looks like they're running IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012, so they could easily implement SSL…
I'd say that there's something that needs to run on port 80 for their shared services. Probably costs too much to recreate their API to run on 443..
Why not use the app? It works a treat.
thanks guys. yes will look into the app..
I believe it is legitimate, it obviously looks that way, and it would be quite hard for somebody not a government agency to register a domain name in the gov.au hierarchy..
HTTPS just makes the communications between your computer and the web server secure from interception (by encrypting it).
In theory, it also identifies the site owner has some legitimate relationship to the domain, but the mechanisms for establishing trust via the registrars are far from fool proof.
In any case, it is very poor form that TRS isn't HTTPS encrypted, but I think you will be fine to use the site.