> Actually it might seem annoying at first, but very useful OTOH. Https is
an
> http "stream" through an encrypted channel. If you use https, even your
> URL-s are encrypted. This is very important, as one might chose to send
> to-be-secured data put in the URL. OR, you might want to keep secret that
> your admin page is at monkey.whatever.com, so others don't even know where
> to try hacking into your system. When there's an https request generated,
> first the secured tunnel is built up - just like a regular TCP
connection -
> and only after that is when your client starts to send the request data.
I agree 100% it's a good design. It limits the use of name based vhosts,
but that's life if you want security.
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