Force https for imfreedom.org website?

Mark Doliner mark at kingant.net
Mon Apr 1 03:50:57 EDT 2013


How do people feel about redirecting from http to https for all URLs on
imfreedom.org?

My reasons for wanting to do this are:
- Secure interactions with the protocol documentation wiki to prevent
password stealing and session hijacking.
- Reduce the chances of a MITM sending altered content to a user.  This is
extremely unlikely, because who in their right mind would want to mess with
this content...?  I mean, who cares?

Downsides:
- We'll have to keep buying SSL certs.
- Little bit slower to load, especially for users with high latency to our
server, (TLS negotiation requires  more round trips).
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