• http:// vs https:// stuff

    From August Abolins@Ogg to Ky Moffet on Sun Aug 11 19:24:00 2024
    Hello Ky.Moffet!

    ** On Saturday 10.08.24 - 09:03, Ky.Moffet wrote to Barry Martin:

    BARRY MARTIN wrote:

    for you. Also note it's "https", not "http". Here I use Firefox and it

    That's an it-depends. A few browsers, Firefox among 'em, now
    default-refuse to connect to "insecure" sites (http:// ) so the auto-add
    is https://

    This is annoying as I have no interactive anything on my sites so
    http:// is good enough.

    Isn't there a hosts file equivalent for linux where you can
    specify what http destination is allowed?
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  • From Barry Martin@454:1/1 to August Abolins on Mon Aug 12 06:56:00 2024

    Hi August!


    <Originally directed to Ky Moffet>

    for you. Also note it's "https", not "http". Here I use Firefox and it
    That's an it-depends. A few browsers, Firefox among 'em, now
    default-refuse to connect to "insecure" sites (http:// ) so the auto-add
    is https://
    This is annoying as I have no interactive anything on my sites so
    http:// is good enough.
    Isn't there a hosts file equivalent for linux where you can
    specify what http destination is allowed?

    I didn't remember anything like that but did a little snooping and found
    this:
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-trusted-websites-your-allow-lis t-firefox-focus

    The "hosts" file you're looking for is really a whitelist (think opposite
    of being blacklisted).

    The page hasn't been updated in a couple of years so may need to modify
    a few of the instructions.

    ...Another thing you could do is add sites to Bookmarks (near the upper
    right) which would essentially type them in for you. I would sort of
    use sparingly as the list could probably fil your phone's screen
    quickly!

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