Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:37 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto use https in favour of http Message-ID: <20091027142637.68736491@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <permail-20091027022913f0889e8400004137-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> References: <200910270144.n9R1iDAM037191@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <permail-20091027022913f0889e8400004137-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:29:13 +0100 (CET) Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> wrote: > i'm not using a webserver or anything. i'm just a regular user. the > point is: i often forget to specify https://... for that specific > address in apps like lynx or firefox. that's why the non-ssl version > of that site is being loaded. That's internal to the application. > i'd like freebsd to take care of this > so even if the app is trying to access the non-ssl version it should > in fact be redirected to the ssl version by freebsd. Why not just use bookmarks? If you want to avoid unsecure connections to specific sites, you can do it with a firewall, or you can install a proxy (such as squid) and use ACLs. However some sites may not look quite the same due to insecure links to graphics etc.
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