This should be pretty straight forward. Migrating from HTTP to HTTPS.
No it isn't.
First, HTTPS doesn't really make a website secure. The connection is TLS-encrypted but you need it signed or browsers will refuse the connection. Signing authorities are notorious for how poor they are at actually ensuring a website is secure or otherwise safe to use.
Second, and more importantly, a certificate costs a lot of money. Especially for multiple subdomains.
First, HTTPS doesn't really make a website secure. The connection is TLS-encrypted but you need it signed or browsers will refuse the connection. Signing authorities are notorious for how poor they are at actually ensuring a website is secure or otherwise safe to use.
Second, and more importantly, a certificate costs a lot of money. Especially for multiple subdomains.
Well, why don't make a self signed certificate for lichess? And add the option in every user profile which forces htpps for specific user. People, who want to use the encrypted protocol can add certificate to exceptions.
Who needs https for chess anyway? It's not like you're playing some million dollar game that you are afraid might be hijacked.
LOL. Certainly not here.
It's already been mentioned that https will be implemented in another thread.
Also don't forget it protects carefree users too.
Also don't forget it protects carefree users too.
Do you mind telling us where Thibault mentioned HTTPS would be implemented?
A simple forum search for "https" immediately reveals
http://de.lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/https-lichess-login#4
http://de.lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/https-lichess-login#4
"https and wss are planned and should land within 2 months."
9 months ago. lol
9 months ago. lol
It never happened. Because I found out WSS would not resolve all proxy issues, and because using a self-signed certificate makes for a horrible user experience.
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