From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:36:05 +0000 (-0400) Subject: response X-Git-Tag: 3.20101019~55 X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/3d3af6983d32b41143d5e64ac90c44d1bc829d07 response --- diff --git a/doc/todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both.mdwn b/doc/todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both.mdwn index cbd8c4da7..bb0a87183 100644 --- a/doc/todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/want_to_avoid_ikiwiki_using_http_or_https_in_urls_to_allow_serving_both.mdwn @@ -108,11 +108,21 @@ you don't like my approach: >> >> On a more wiki-like wiki, the second group would include normal page edits. >> +>>> I see your use case. It still seems to me that for the more common +>>> case where CA tax has been paid (getting a cert that is valid for +>>> multiple subdomains should be doable?), having anything going through the +>>> cgiurl upgrade to https would be ok. In that case, http is just an +>>> optimisation for low-value, high-aggregate-bandwidth type uses, so a +>>> little extra https on the side is not a big deal. --[[Joey]] +>> >> Perhaps I'm doing this backwards, and instead of having the master >> `url`/`cgiurl` be the HTTP version and providing tweakables to override >> these with HTTPS, I should be overriding particular uses to plain HTTP... >> >> --[[smcv]] +>>> +>>> Maybe, or I wonder if you could just use RewriteEngine for such selective +>>> up/downgrading. Match on `do=(edit|create|prefs)`. --[[Joey]] > I'm unconvinced. >