Re: Frontend upgrade issue report

[Jing Luo]

Hello N,

> From:   N
> Subject:        Re: Frontend upgrade issue report
> Date:   Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:26:54 -0700
> Just an FYI in case no one has mentioned it already, it appears that 
> after
> the web server frontend upgrade, the site is not automatically 
> redirecting
> http -> https connections resulting in insecure connections on a number 
> of
> browsers (when the short email is typed in without an explicit https:// 
> at
> the front of "savannah.gnu.org"). I infrequently check the site, and my
> browser choked on this in standard goose-chase fashion.
>
> This is often considered a misconfiguration, and its fairly normal to
> redirect to https using a 301 (permanent), or 302 (in temporary cases). 
> If
> there is a reason for not redirecting in this way, it might be good to 
> post
> it when soliciting reports of issues following upgrades.

IIRC, you will be permanently redirected to https: only when you login 
and access account stuff. Plain http is still supported. This is 
intentional, as a decision made by gnu.org.


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