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ParanoidAndroid

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Registered: 2012-10-14

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Force https universally?

I'm currently using firefox (heavily modded and added-onto) with the https-everywhere plugin. I'm trying to switch to a lighter, faster browser that requires no mouse interaction, however, and I've found several good options. The problem is that they don't support https-everywhere, as you may imagine, though Xombrero can force https on specific, explicitly defined sites, and sometimes not even then. I'm looking for a way to enforce https across all sites that support it, by rewriting the headers so that the request makes a secure connection. This is how, as I understand it, https-everywhere works. Is there a way to do this with, say, a proxy such as polipo or privoxy, or perhaps at the system level somehow? I need that https-everywhere functionality, but browser-independent.

rwd

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Re: Force https universally?

this seems like something you could do with privoxy. Read the privoxy docs?

HalosGhost

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Re: Force https universally?

dwb is slated to have HSTS support in the next release. So, if you were considering it, that might be a good option.

All the best,

-HG

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ParanoidAndroid

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Registered: 2012-10-14

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Re: Force https universally?

I've tried dwb as of ten minutes ago... and I love it.

When you say HSTS, do you mean that it forces https on all connections? and how would one achieve such a thing, if it is indeed possible, through privoxy? I've searched across the web for hours, and have found no information on how it can be done, if at all.

Last edited by ParanoidAndroid (2013-03-12 04:52:51)

rwd

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Re: Force https universally?

I've searched across the web for hours, and have found no information on how it can be done, if at all.

I 'm not sure that it can be done that way. I just know that privoxy can be used to make changes to/filter http content that you download based on rules that you make. So I'd say read the docs, be creative try something and post the results so other people benefit.