Not at all, but expertise in one domain doesn't necessarily transfer to expertise in another. It increasingly requires expertise to access HTTP-only resources. To many, it's just one more inscrutable computer thing.
On July 2, 2025 7:55:53 p.m. CST, Kevin Horton via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >Are we positing that there are a bunch of folks who are smart enough to figure >out how to build an EV, but not smart enough to figure out how to get a web >browser to load a doc with http? > >Sites don't start serving docs with https just by changing a setting. Someone >with admin access to the server needs to do the work to get https working, and >then the routine maintenance to keep it working as certificates expire, etc. > >Best regards, > >Kevin > > >> On Jul 2, 2025, at 20:19, Ron via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They don't need to be, but it's become very impractical for users when a >> site doesn't use HTTPS. >> >> Bad website practices combined with consumer confusion over what "secure" >> actually means has led some browser makers to just deny HTTP by default. The >> others typically make you jump through hoops to access HTTP. >> >> It's even starting to become a problem for accessing resources on private >> networks or even the same machine. >> >> Even some home routers are coming preset to restrict HTTP traffic on the WAN >> (internet). >> >> On July 2, 2025 6:19:31 p.m. CST, EV List Lackey via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On 2 Jul 2025 at 11:03, EV--- via EV wrote: >>> >>>> why are links to EVDL not secure? >>> >>> <shrug> I dunno. Do they need to be? What secrets do we have? >>> >>> David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey >>> -- Ron _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
