https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47832
--- Comment #27 from Ryan Lane <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #26) > (In reply to comment #24) > > An idea for dealing with China and other cases where HTTPS is blocked - > > could > > there be an 'http://insecure.wikipedia.org'? The inverse of the situation we > > had with 'https://secure.wikipedia.org'. At least the domain name advertises > > the problem to the user. > > > > This is far less slick than a geolocated redirect, but in situations where > > HTTPS is blocked, I don't see any way to preserve usability and security at > > the > > same time. > > > > As far as I know, if HTTPS is blocked, we can't redirect them to HTTP, > > because > > they won't even reach our server. We could only 'upgrade', by redirecting > > from > > HTTP to HTTPS. But by then it's too late; the article they've requested was > > captured by intermediaries. > > > > Maybe with 'insecure.wikipedia.org', savvy users in places like China would > > learn the trick, or use browser extensions to fix links. Presumably it would > > be > > the 'HTTP Everywhere' extension. > > I somewhat like this concept for the advertising part too. We want to make > sure > that those who are unable to use https (ESPECIALLY if that's because of > government interference like china) are able to use the site but we also > should > (in my mind) make sure that they KNOW they are unable to use it like normal > and > that their use is less secure because those users are often the catalyst for > change. > > If we had more time I'd say we should strive for a geolocated test in Hong > Kong > during Wikimania though I imagine even the suggestion of that makes ops > shudder > :). Yes, please let's not consider this. We had do so nasty apache stuff to make that work and I'm glad we no longer do it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
