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Re: SSL trends

From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: SSL trends
Date 2016-09-15 20:18 -0400
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On 9/15/2016 4:55 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> There has been a trend to flip from http: to https:.  Google has been
> pushing this.
>
> However there are a set of headaches that come with the transition.
> 1. clients must have the root cert installed

All normal browsers should have that. Not a problem.

> 2. certs expire

Should be handled via OS/browser updates. Nobody should surf
the internet with a OS/browser that is not being updated. Not
a problem

> 3. there is more CPU overhead

Usually there are plenty of CPU available client side. Not a problem.

> 4. caching is turned off

Wrong.

> 5. certs often do not work for some people. People can't access the
> website to complain.

That is very rare - not "often".

Arne

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SSL trends Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-09-15 13:55 -0700
  Re: SSL trends Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-15 20:18 -0400
    Re: SSL trends Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-09-22 21:58 -0700
      Re: SSL trends Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-24 18:25 -0400
    Re: SSL trends Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-09-22 22:02 -0700
      Re: SSL trends Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-09-24 18:29 -0400
  Re: SSL trends Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-09-19 23:15 +0200

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