Web security protocol HSTS wins proposed standard status
A Web security protocol designed to protect Internet users from Internet hijackings due to unencrypted Web sites has won approval as a proposed standard.
A steering group for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) gave its blessing to a draft of HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), an opt-in security enhancement in which Web sites prompt browsers accessing it to always interact with it over a secure connection.
Web browsers complying with the policy will automatically switch insecure links to site to a secure version of the site, using “https,” without the Web surfer having to…
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