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Re: Shimming HTTP to HTTPS.



*	From: Reco 
*	Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 19:57:19 +0300
> ... NSS is not the best TLS implementation. 

OK!  An assertion from an authority.  Probably true but I'd want 
to corroborate before restating under oath.  =8~))

> There's some hope for dillo depending on if it uses openssl or gnutls.

Not sure of your meaning.  I don't know which TLS dillo uses.
In my understanding there are two possibilities:
(1) dillo uses openssl or gnutls.  Good.  Both are better than NSS;
or 
(2) one of openssl and gnutls is significantly better than the other.
If dillo uses the "right one"--good.  If dillo uses the "wrong one"--bad.

*	From: Reco 
*	Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:32:33 +0300
> Your link is a good example of case 3 - HTTP response peppered with
> multiple HTTPS links.

The links are in the Wikimedia boilerplate.  Few or zero links 
in the textual content.

> Hence, [1] is about the only reasonable choice you have.

Low maintenance solution: http://www.loband.org/

> If you need an example of easy page, pardon the obscene lyrics, you need
> this:
> 
> https://evenbetter ...

Interesting.  Firefox displays a tidy page.  Dillo displays nothing. 
Yah, the WWW has become a gong show.  I appreciate the exasperation 
expressed in parody.  Some pages are still worth attention.  I wonder 
whether a winnowing could be automated.  Detect pages where the 
content isn't obscured by the icing or find such pages.

A good solution for Oberon S3 would be to make TLS work.  Not sure I 
want to tackle it.

Thanks for the replies,                  ... P.

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