[HN Gopher] The Dunyazad Digital Library
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The Dunyazad Digital Library
Author : salutis
Score : 31 points
Date : 2021-05-22 09:33 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.dunyazad-library.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.dunyazad-library.net)
| optimalsolver wrote:
| The name is from One Thousand and One Nights, aka Arabian Nights.
| Specifically, the main character Scheherazade's sister.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
| Lemmih wrote:
| Really wish they would use https. Saying that it doesn't matter
| is disheartening.
| ocdtrekkie wrote:
| Believe it or not "everyone must use https" is a pretty
| political push, based on favoring certain corporate entities
| who control all of the points in a network where https traffic
| gets decrypted, at the expense of other corporate entities who
| the first group doesn't like.
|
| I think in most cases, sites which do not collect or handle
| personal information should support http, and optionally
| support https for those who have particular reasons to be
| concerned about being noticed viewing a website.
|
| (Also, consider that many hosts still effectively charge money
| to encrypt your site. Usually by selling their own certs and
| refusing to support Let's Encrypt based renewals.)
| lmc wrote:
| > Believe it or not "everyone must use https" is a pretty
| political push, based on favoring certain corporate entities
| who control all of the points in a network where https
| traffic gets decrypted, at the expense of other corporate
| entities who the first group doesn't like.
|
| It's really not. Ever had your ISP inject shit into your
| pages? https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925839/code-
| injection-new...
| webmaven wrote:
| _> It 's really not. Ever had your ISP inject shit into
| your pages?_
|
| This. And all the other skulduggery that MITM attacks
| enable.
|
| I'm kind of surprised that none of the powers-that-be ever
| pushed for an HTTPS mode that merely signs requests and
| responses rather than encrypting them, in an effort to
| undermine encryption advocates.
| jan_Inkepa wrote:
| That's a good point. On the other hand, the transient
| nature of certs makes the hosting a lot more temporary-
| feeling/brittle - it may get better with time - I guess
| we'll see...
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