Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:47:48 +0200 From: Terje Elde <terje@elde.net> To: Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD insist on https? Message-ID: <E47741FC-B2F8-4C22-A3F7-585F4086B12D@elde.net> In-Reply-To: <CAA3ZYrD_2AaDfW3oJ-NFt333DrjOwgBR-8bbqH0eVZGL6Y_5WQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA3ZYrD_2AaDfW3oJ-NFt333DrjOwgBR-8bbqH0eVZGL6Y_5WQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2. apr. 2015, at 22:26, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > What is this intended to accomplish? You could argue that it should be users choice to use http or https. With th= e amount of traffic-modification that's starting to show up though (ad-injec= tion, malicious code-injection, and so on), I think it's fair enough to argu= e that it's now also in the providers interest to use https, to ensure the c= onten received is the content sent.=20 I wouldn't appreciate it if someone visited one of my sites, and got a modif= ied version of what I intended the visitor to get. Redirecting to https is t= he most obvious step towards avoiding that.=20 If it's causing you any actual trouble, I'm sure people would be more attent= ive if you explained any real-world issues with it, rather than simply writi= ng it off as a problem, and demand it "fixed".=20 Terje
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