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Google to Start Punishing HTTP-Only Sites

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday September 11 2016, @05:48PM   
from the there's-gotta-be-a-downside-to-this dept.

SomeGuy writes:

According to a post on the Google Online Security Blog, beginning in January 2017 Google Chrome will begin flagging all sites that use traditional HTTP rather than HTTPS for passwords or other sensitive information as "insecure". It also indicates that Google plans to eventually start flagging ALL traditional HTTP-only sites as "insecure". While HTTPS has always made sense for truly sensitive information, a pure HTTPS web does have implications for legacy tools - essentially if anyone is not using the absolute latest of one of the "big three" web browsers, they will always potentially be just one security update away from being locked out of the web.

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• Re:You need a domain Re:You need a domain (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Monday September 12 2016, @03:48PM

  by TheRaven (270) on Monday September 12 2016, @03:48PM (#400767) Journal

  So? If you want to run a device on a private network, without connection to the Internet, then you probably have a far smaller set of client machines to worry about. For this use case, you can be your own CA. Add your own root cert to all of the devices that you care about and sign all of your certs with it. This is totally off topic though, because if you run a device on a private network without connection to the Internet, then it probably won't be listed on Google anyway.

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• Visitors to home LAN (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:10AM

  by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:10AM (#401042) Journal

  If you want to run a device on a private network, without connection to the Internet, then you probably have a far smaller set of client machines to worry about.

  But this set would include friends and family visiting my home, who aren't guaranteed to know how to install a trusted root CA on their phone or tablet.

  if you run a device on a private network without connection to the Internet, then it probably won't be listed on Google anyway.

  Clear HTTP will be penalized not only in Google Search but also in Google Chrome, including the copy of Google Chrome on the device of a visiting friend or family member.

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