On Thu, Sep 11 2014, Lunar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> (Crazy idea of the day:)
>
> How about crawling HTTPS websites, recording HSTS [1] headers, and
> turning the information into HTTPS Everywhere rules automatically?
>
> Has this been ever tried?
>
> Is it a terrible idea?
>
> HSTS headers contain expiration dates, so with the proper database, we
> would know when to return to a given website for updates.
>
>  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

Don't firefox and chrome already come with pre-loaded lists of HTST
sites by default?

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/11/01/preloading-hsts/

At least that was my understanding of their intention.

jamie.

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