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> By using HTTPS my website increases it’s overhead by almost 100%. It should be mentioned that my personal website is also plain text based and tiny. Imagine t
by theandrewbailey 4y ago
> By using HTTPS my website increases it’s overhead by almost 100%. It should be mentioned that my personal website is also plain text based and tiny. Imagine the impact of a blog article or research paper with significantly more content.
An extra kilobyte. Wow. Such data transfer. What a dealbreaker.
No HTTPS means worse performance, because HTTP 2.0 requires it. HTTP 1.x doesn't have connection multiplexing. When I moved my blog to HTTP 2.0, I noticed that it loaded faster, even when on the same LAN as the server.
> Helpful Tips:
> If users are nervous of links set in standard http:// http:// format, they can add s themselves or better yet, use a browser extension like HTTPS Everywhere (highly recommend)
HTTPS Everywhere won't be supported beyond 2022: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywh...
- SahAssar 4y agoA bit nitpicky but: > No HTTPS means worse performance, because HTTP 2.0 requires it HTTP 2.0 actually does not require it, the spec allows for it over unencrypted connections. All browsers have decided to only enable it over TLS connections though.