Re: [Gimp-user] version 2.9.4 for Windows 10

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 01/29/2017 06:17 PM, Scott Jacobs via gimp-user-list wrote:

> Does this mean that if one visits a normally secured address, and intentionally goes to the address bar
> and removes the s, that one could potentially visit that site unsafely (unless Firefox etc. intervenes, of
> course) ?

This depends on the site configuration, actually. To make the downgrade
to http next to impossible (unless someone forces it, this requires that
you know what you are doing), a useful approach would be to use HSTS:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Guidelines/Web_Security#HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security


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Regards,
Michael
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