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Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> Wed, 06 November 2013 04:39 UTC

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To: "Marco Davids (Prive)" <mdavids@forfun.net>
Subject: Re: https at ietf.org
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On Nov 5, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Marco Davids (Prive) <mdavids@forfun.net> wrote:

> On 11/5/13 6:39 PM, Joe Abley wrote:
>> On 2013-11-05, at 18:21, ned+ietf@mauve.mrochek.com wrote:
>> 
>>> not every tool out there supports https.
>> That seems like the kind of thing we want to change (security as an afterthought vs. security as a fundamental requirement).
>> 
> Enabling 'HTTP Strict Transport Security' (HSTS, RFC6797) might be a
> good first step.

HSTS means that HTTP is off (or just redirects you to HTTPS). The first S stands for "strict" and we mean it. :-)

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