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api on Nov 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Moving forward on improving HTTP's security

Here's a suggestion:

http:// is encrypted but performs NO certificate check.

https:// is encrypted but performs a certificate check.

Done.

dchest on Nov 13, 2013 [–]

Did you read the linked message?

jsmeaton on Nov 13, 2013 | [–]

I did, but didn't pick up that's what was meant. So the accidental tl;dr above was helpful.

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