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Re: [Full-disclosure] extension for Firefox to force HTTPS always?



On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 6:55 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> 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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