On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 02:10:19PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > > > You know this from tcpdump/wireshark? > > Well, Akregator has feature that tell a connection is encrypted or in plain > text, like sane browsers has "pad-lock icon". > > > You are passing it an https url > > Yes, I am passing https url for all my feeds, those planets kde and debian > are just eg. that comes with defeult install. (Yes I have checked and again > saved them as https, still showing unencrypted) but this is applicable for > all feeds. > > >and it is going to port 80 on the server instead? > > > > After you mentioned it, I used ```tcpdump``` and scanned traffic on port 80 > while fetching the feeds no out, while on 443 it is showing some output. I > would like to mention that it is my first time using any networking tool, and > I followed some article from the net. So maybe I am doing it wrong. But if > traffic is going through port 443 and is encrypted, shouldn't this count as a > bug?
Port 443 is "typically" encrypted, but there is no technical need for that. So better take a look into the stream. Wireshark is a bit easier to "get into" than tcpdump for that. Cheers -- tomás
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