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

[Mike Gerwitz]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 17:22:14 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
>   > 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!

Yes, I understand.  I was responding Hanno stating that I disagreed and
to clarify.

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