Re: [Repo-criteria-discuss] HSTS screw?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > HSTS is just an extra level of security that tells your browser that it
  > should never try HTTP.  If your browser doesn't support it, that doesn't
  > mean that the webserver will allow you to use HTTP---it is not possible
  > to access wikipedia.com over an HTTP connection; it will always force a
  > redirect.

So what?  I am trying to talk to the captive portal!
How wikipedia.org actually responds,
or whether it responds AT ALL, is beside the point!

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Dr Richard Stallman
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