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Re:Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default by rblatz on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @10:36PM (#26562915)
That’s irrelevant to this discussion about hosting sites on a LAN with no internet access.

If you need https on the public internet you need a trusted cert.

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Re:Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default by bildung on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @06:04AM (#26565319)
Don't think personal LAN, think e.g. industrial automation: Many sensible companies want modern sensor systems that provide REST APIs and so on, but don't want those to access the internet. The hosts in this case often are appliance-like devices from third parties.
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Re:Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default by colejohnson66 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:43AM (#26566422)
But that’s my point, and many others’. Sure, we can self sign, but it’s useless for the WWW. You’re forced to pay up to one of the few certificate providers. Thankfully, Let’s Encrypt has made it free and easier, but it’s not a no-brainer.
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