It's probably easier than differentiating between logged in and not-logged in, when it is understandably desirable to secure logged in traffic (which had been l

It's probably easier than differentiating between logged in and not-logged in, when it is understandably desirable to secure logged in traffic (which had been lacking for some time). Curl can handle the redirect automatically (as well as HTTPS). Try something like: curl -L http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com or just point it to HTTPS directly.