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Google SSL Search
- wladimir 15y agoThis was available for quite a while already, though in beta/labs. I'm not sure what is new.
- JonnieCache 15y agoYeah, it doesn't seem any different to how its been in the past year. The beta sigil is still under the logo. I wish theyd put the links to maps and images back in, maybe with some visual warning that theyre not encrypted. I have SSL search as the default search in chrome, and I hate having to manually jump back to normal google to do image searches. While we're here, don't forget SSL wikipedia! https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page
- mike-cardwell 15y agoIf you're using the HTTPS-Everywhere Firefox addon (1), or the HTTPS-Everywhere Squid redirector (2), you don't need to know/remember about the SSL versions of Wikipedia or Google. You're just sent there by default. 1.) https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere 2.) https://github.com/mikecardwell/perl-HTTPSEverywhere https://github.com/mikecardwell/perl-HTTPSEverywhere
- mahrain 15y agoBeen using this for a year now, there's also a hack to use it in the Chrome bar by entering a custom search engine. Very handy and works nice. Only miss is that I can't immediately click through to image searches, they're only available over unsecured HTTP.
- lobster_johnson 15y agoUnfortunately, you lose autocompletion (other than history autocompletion) when you use something other than the built-in Google search.
- nodata 15y agoGood, but to make this truly useful we need a really simple way to specify which country-specific google search engine we would like results from.
- RyanKearney 15y agoThe only thing I dislike about this is it hides the refer, screwing up my analytics. I'd have to completely convert all of my sites to HTTPS only to be able to make use of the additional headers for analytical purposes. Not really a big deal I guess, but kind of unnecessary to have to purchase wildcard certs if you have many sub domains.
- wladimir 15y agoSo google is pushing you to improve your security by doing this. Good, good :)
- RyanKearney 15y agoWell I mean it's my personal blog, there's really no need for https since there's no user accounts or login. Are you saying HN is insecure because they don't use https? How about Reddit, no https there either.
- wladimir 15y agoYes, HN is insecure because they don't use HTTPS. Especially when using a public WiFi network someone could hijack my session, and even intercept my password by passively sniffing packets. There is a HTTPS wrapper around HN, but it has been pretty flakey lately (lots of timeouts): https://quickhn.appspot.com/news https://quickhn.appspot.com/news I do agree that if you don't have user logins there is no real threat. The only possible 'attack' then would be an ISP injecting ads or injecting other content that you didn't write :)
- dspillett 15y agoThe free certs from http://www.startssl.com/ http://www.startssl.com/ are apparently accepted by most browsers these days (the exception being IE6/7 users on XP who have not downloaded the optional CA cert updates): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startssl#StartSSL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startssl#StartSSL I've not used their cert for anything yet (I plan to test them on some personal sites when I get chance, before using them elsewhere), and wildcard certs are not free (but they do seem relatively cheap), but it might be worth looking into for someone in your position.
- lini 15y agoAnyone that has the HTTPS everywhere extension (Firefox) is already using the SSL search in Google. As others noted it has been in beta for quite a long time and is missing some features like the image search or the doodles on the homepage.
- jamaicahest 15y agoDuckDuckGo has been using this for many months, when you use the !g bang
- drivebyacct2 15y agoFor what it's worth, Google has also been offering it for quite a while... It's been my default for months.
- rlpb 15y agoReally? It doesn't seem to do it for me. Do you have some setting set somewhere?
- buster 15y agoAlso, if you want to browse on SSL whereever possible: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/flcpelgcagfhfoegekianiofphddckof https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/flcpelgcagfhfoegek... Love this Extension!