It's clear that there's a difference between an active and a passive attacker here. Closing port 80 protects against the passive attacker, but not against the a

It's clear that there's a difference between an active and a passive attacker here. Closing port 80 protects against the passive attacker, but not against the active attacker (with regard to SSL stripping, insecure submission of old forms, and cookies not flagged as secure). Both kinds of attackers are real.