On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 4:05 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > is there is any way the http version of the site can be preserved > > > > > > > > in any way > > > > > > I think this is possible, however I don't know if we should be > > > > > > doing that, http is generally frowned upon nowadays. > > If this is easily doable, why not, as long as the default is HTTPS. I > It should be a simple switch in the Cloudflare settings. I understand Anurag has been communicating privately with you about the exact details. Anurag seems to be the cloudflare expert, right ?? > guess this would be automatic redirection from HTTP to HTTPS if the > > browser supports it, and falling back to HTTP otherwise? > Yes, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox already will redirect to HTTPS whenever there is a HTTPS version enabled. And even then, most of the time people will be coming on the site through a search engine or link somewhere else, and those always tend to be HTTPS links anyway. HTTPS only sites are blocked in certain countries. I think people in those countries should have the right to browse about Freetype too, don't you think? > > > I don't know enough to decide if this claim is grounded in reality, > > > > > > but I have a feeling this shouldn't be a problem, old devices can > > > > > > use modern browsers, right? > > > > the browser is not the problem, more so the certificates. > > Exactly. > > > Yes, it should ultimately be up to Werner and Alexei. They will > > > > know best. > You know more then you let on > Uh, oh, I certainly don't know best :-) As mentioned above, I > > certainly don't oppose having both http and https if it can be easily > > done. > Yes, it should be a very simple change, but if Anurag finds it too difficult to do, we can just forget about this. At the end of the day, its not a real big deal compared to what else we have to do. The CI, hugo conversion, and possible web design are whats really important here. Lets not get distracted ;) > Werner
