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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:37:07 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: OT: HTTPS for openwall.info?

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:15:48AM +1300, Pedro Worcel wrote:
> It is obviously your domain and your name, but I (possibly the biggest noob
> in the mailing list) for one am a big fan of https.
> 
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/12/end-year-blog-post-2012-https-rise
> 
> The main reason I like it is because I am behind a restrictive firewall (at
> work), so while I don't understand how bad it is for a person in a country
> with a great firewall, I know it is a major pain in the ass for censors if
> websites use https only. (e.g. with github/china ordeal)

Well, that sort of reasoning applies to all websites, not just the wiki.
We'd need HTTPS for the main Openwall website as well, then.  Yes, this
makes sense.

Thanks,

Alexander

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