[GH-ISSUE #39] encourage SSL usage on the UI #38

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opened 2026-02-26 09:35:07 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @ThomasWaldmann on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/issues/39

ThomasWaldmann wrote:
if someone visits the service via http, encourage using it via https - without enforcing it.

Originally created by @ThomasWaldmann on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info/issues/39 ThomasWaldmann wrote: if someone visits the service via http, encourage using it via https - without enforcing it.
kerem closed this issue 2026-02-26 09:35:07 +03:00
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@ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013):

Samuirai wrote:
not enforcing is insecure. MITM attacker can block https and every user would use the fallback plain http. Either force https or no ssl at all.

<!-- gh-comment-id:26768400 --> @ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013): Samuirai wrote: not enforcing is insecure. MITM attacker can block https and every user would use the fallback plain http. Either force https or no ssl at all.
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@ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013):

ThomasWaldmann wrote:
samuirai: ok, so that basically means that login and all logged-in usage of the site has to be https only until the user logs out again.

so the http site (if any) would only show general information that does not require a login/session.

<!-- gh-comment-id:26768401 --> @ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Oct 22, 2013): ThomasWaldmann wrote: samuirai: ok, so that basically means that login and all logged-in usage of the site has to be https only until the user logs out again. so the http site (if any) would only show general information that does not require a login/session.
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@ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2013):

fixed by b45ae25b0a

<!-- gh-comment-id:27610350 --> @ThomasWaldmann commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2013): fixed by b45ae25b0a46fb7f45b106a8cb18b718daa15644
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