On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Chris Steipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Antoine Musso <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Le 15/10/2014 12:23, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit :
>> <snip>
>>> I should clarify that the 1.5% figure there is http+https combined (I
>>> think) so the actual figures for https will be lower.
>>>
>>> In practical terms I think no https would mean not being able to edit as
>>> a registered user, anon edit still works over http.
>>>
>>> +1 to clearly communicate this, perhaps on the "https entry points" e.g.
>>> login button at least while http is still the default.
>>
>> That would prevents those users from logging in entirely since by
>> default users have the preference 'prefershttps' set.
>
> Worse, we always require https on the form that accepts the user's
> password. So all logins for IE6+XP users will be broken.
>
> Updating the hook would be possible. Probably better than not turning
> off ssl3 to the main sites though. What about just running a banner on
> the site for IE <6 users, telling them that ssl is disabled and soon
> they won't be able to login at all, we disable ssl3, and we
> temporarily put the CanIPUseHTTPS hook in to not force IE <6 users to
> https. After 90 days or so, we pull that part out of the hook, and IE6
> users just have to deal with not being able to login?

Given the numbers Christian pointed out, I think the 90 days interval
is pretty irrelevant. It is not like those users will rush to
upgrade/change to something not being IE6. I'd be delighted if we
convinced something like 5% (~200k people if my numbers are right) of
those users to do that. That being said, the plan sounds fine to me.

-- 
Alexandros Kosiaris <[email protected]>

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