Re: [dev] https for suckless.org?

From: Joseph Graham <joseph_AT_xylon.me.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:25:32 +0100

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 08:54:39PM +0200, ilf wrote:
> I wonder why the suckless-websites are only available in HTTP, not in HTTPS.
> In the age of letsencrypt.org, there aren't a lot of valid excuses against
> TLS. Am I missing one from a suckless-philosopy? Or has this just never been
> requested?
>
> I for one would love to see unencrypted communications on the internet die.
>
> Greetings to slcon!
>
> (Pardon if it's been discussed, I did not find it in the archives.)
>
> --
> ilf
>
> Über 80 Millionen Deutsche benutzen keine Konsole. Klick dich nicht weg!
> -- Eine Initiative des Bundesamtes für Tastaturbenutzung

HTTPS is unecessary and bloated. It creates loads of latency on connection, it
stops proxies caching requests between clients. All just for some false sense of
security.

-Joseph
Received on Sat Sep 24 2016 - 22:25:32 CEST