Ryan Lane wrote:
> There's a bunch of things that we should likely do in the future as
> well. We should likely set a non-secure cookie for HTTPS logged in
> users that indicates the user requests HTTPS only (via a preference,
> enabled by default), that will redirect them to HTTPS if they somehow
> arrive at an HTTP page. Strict Transport Security (STS) should also be
> a consideration at some point in time, at least for users that have
> already logged in. This doesn't protect the user from initial site
> spoofing attacks, but could protect against later spoofing attacks
> (thanks Aryeh for this idea).
> 
> I don't think we'll ever get to a point where we can/should use HTTPS
> for all anon users, but SPDY could be a consideration in the future
> for anons. After I finish HTTPS I may look at setting up SPDY for
> testing.

These all sound like good ideas to investigate. Just make sure they're in
Bugzilla at some point so they don't get lost in a mailman archive. :-)  I
think there's a tracking bug for https or secure login somewhere.

MZMcBride



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