Re:Consider disabling HTTPS auto redirects
by jillesvangurp on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:25AM
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I think there are few excuses left for not having https on your website. Having the option of having an http only variant of your website should likewise not be a thing. A redirect is better than a not found error. IMHO those are the two valid responses for a public http website (go away, or go here instead).
As for "updated browsers", anything that doesn't support https (or redirects) in 2022 is not fit for use on the modern internet. Most of the web would in any case be unusable with such a browser already. And essentially everything that shipped in the last 20 years or so would be able to deal with this (with the exception of handling newer TLS versions perhaps). You'd be well advised to not use a browser that hasn't been updated for that long.
If somehow you are using such a browser (why?!), you might want to fix that ASAP. Meanwhile, I'll blindly assume the intersection of those users and this audience (hacker news) is extremely small to non existent. If that intersection exists at all, it's probably for some esoteric reasons that have nothing to do with an inability to fix the actual problem (like fixing your browser setup) and is by choice rather than by circumstances. Either way, your problem to solve and not something to waste energy on for website maintainers looking to do the right thing.
As for "updated browsers", anything that doesn't support https (or redirects) in 2022 is not fit for use on the modern internet. Most of the web would in any case be unusable with such a browser already. And essentially everything that shipped in the last 20 years or so would be able to deal with this (with the exception of handling newer TLS versions perhaps). You'd be well advised to not use a browser that hasn't been updated for that long.
If somehow you are using such a browser (why?!), you might want to fix that ASAP. Meanwhile, I'll blindly assume the intersection of those users and this audience (hacker news) is extremely small to non existent. If that intersection exists at all, it's probably for some esoteric reasons that have nothing to do with an inability to fix the actual problem (like fixing your browser setup) and is by choice rather than by circumstances. Either way, your problem to solve and not something to waste energy on for website maintainers looking to do the right thing.