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I use GitHub Pages with a custom domain to publish a static blog. I post about once a month and my audience is small. Would someone please explain why I should
by chmaynard 9y ago
I use GitHub Pages with a custom domain to publish a static blog. I post about once a month and my audience is small. Would someone please explain why I should worry about HTTP vs. HTTPS?
- PebblesHD 9y agoChrome will shortly be flagging all sites without HTTPS as insecure, so at the very least the benefit is cosmetic. From an overall health of the internet perspective, modern SSL ensures no tampering or other misbehaviour on the line. Google covered some other benefits of SSL in a post from September - https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encr...
- chmaynard 9y agoMakes sense to me. Apparently GitHub doesn't agree, because they don't still support HTTPS for custom domains.