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Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 04:24:18 -0800
From: Kristian Erik Hermansen <kristian.hermansen@...il.com>
To: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: extension for Firefox to force HTTPS always?

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 6:55 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> What should this hypothetical extension do if it automagically redirects
> http: to https:, but the target server is something that is only listening
> on port 80 because it doesn't have https: enabled?
>
> https://www.cnn.com just sorta sits there for me.

Hello from the future! This "hypothetical extension" would handle such
cases...and will eventually be called HTTPS Everywhere :) [1] Keep an
eye out for it in a few years...

[1] https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen
https://google.com/+KristianHermansen

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