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It prevents anyone controlling the DNS resolvers of your clients to redirect to faked HTTP website (of course, only for those of your clients who already visite
by mguillemot 14y ago
It prevents anyone controlling the DNS resolvers of your clients to redirect to faked HTTP website (of course, only for those of your clients who already visited your real website).
Imagine you're using my WiFi connection. Without HSTS, I could redirect you to a fake http://www.facebook.com http://www.facebook.com to steal your login credentials if you do not notice the login page is not served over HTTPS (and let's be realistic: most non-technical people won't notice something that's supposed to be there, but is not).
- tptacek 14y agoFWIW this is called "SSL stripping".