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Re: Proposed Statement on "HTTPS everywhere for the IETF"

2015-06-02 07:48:29
On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:00 AM, <l(_dot_)wood(_at_)surrey(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> 
<l(_dot_)wood(_at_)surrey(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> wrote:
see TimBL's "don't break the web" request to keep the uris the same, 
regardless of method of access

With hsts, Sir Tim's broken url objection goes away, I think. The idea of doing 
http and having a certificate appear as a UI indication that the document was 
downloaded securely is bad design. It's too easy to fake, and users typically 
don't understand anyway. The goal should be to make it secure, not to tell the 
users it is secure. 

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