>If the required code for https is, as someone stated awhile back, open
source ...
There is no excuse for Arachne not having https capability.
>
One possible barrier is the requirement that any software that uses open-source
components must itself be open-source.
>Yes, there are still many pages you can get around by going to page code
and removing that little "s" ... but more and more sights are checking
to see what URL you used to access specific pages.
And if you don't use https to get there, you're told "tough luck ... you
must connect with a secure page and code."
>
Not only that, but sometimes I get such an error message even when the link URL
begins with http://, because it leads to an https page.
>I'm not quite as far into the boonies as "tramp copulation Northern
Africa" ... but being unable to purchase on the web is severely limiting
me. I can't be driving 30 or 50 or 100 miles round trip to get the
things I need. :<
>
I know about where Northern Africa is, but tramp copulation? But most of those
online merchants, since they take credit cards, should have tollfree voice
telephone numbers where you can get sales information and place orders.
