If you run a website, you have probably debated on whether or not you need to make the switch to HTTPS instead of using HTTP. For those that still don't know, HTTPS is the encrypted version of HTTP. This is typically seen on banking sites, touted to protect your sensitive information when transmitted between you (your browser) and the application. I wrote on this topic about a year ago in the post: Is HTTP being left behind for HTTPS? Back then there was a big push for making the switch … [Read more...] about The Hidden Reason for Switching to HTTPS
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HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS): Overview
A while back I asked the question "Is HTTP being left behind for HTTPS?". If you are looking to make the move to an HTTPS only web space one of the settings you can configure is HTTP Strict Transport Security, or HSTS. The idea behind HSTS is that it will tell the browser to only communicate with the web site over a secure channel. Even if the user attempts to switch to HTTP, the browser will make the change before it even sends the request. HSTS is implemented as a response header with a … [Read more...] about HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS): Overview