Re: HTTPS Everywhere Firefox addon

[What you get is Not what you see <wyginwys@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Stephen Carpenter <thecarp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:47 AM,  <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 07:34:01PM -0700, mikeperry@xxxxxxxxxx wrote 1.7K bytes in 51 lines about:
>> : The eventual idea is to allow an Adblock Plus style model, where users
>> : can submit and exchange rule files and eventually create subscriptions
>> : for the sites they use that partially support SSL.
>>
>> Perhaps this is a dumb question, why not try the https:// version of
>> every http site the user requests?  If it works, reload to the https
>> url.
>
> That sounds great about 90% of the time. However, think of someone who
> is troubleshooting something or is dealing with a site
> that has https and http content that are not the same, but may share
> the same URLs (or URLs that at least don't error).
>
> Doing it by site according to rules makes a lot of sense, that way I
> just can leave out rules for any special sites, or sites that I might
> personally be working on and need to be able to use both ways (testing
> to be sure it works for the masses)
>
> -Steve
There may be an option to  force https for each site requested.Or
there may be an add  site feature.
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