Mozilla Restricts All New Firefox Features to HTTPS Only

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Baldape
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Mozilla Restricts All New Firefox Features to HTTPS Only

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It sounds like Firefox is only going to support HTTPS only from now. So what about this site and other sites that are not HTTPS?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... ttps-only/
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The article goes on to say that "The decision does not affect already existing standards/features, but Mozilla hopes all Firefox features "will be considered on a case-by-case basis," and will slowly move to secure contexts (HTTPS) exclusively in the future." That doesn't sound like you'll be blocked from visiting non-HTTPS sites for routine browsing.
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Some more on it from Mozilla Edict - the Register
Seems it's relative to footprint, exposed services and new development needing to be more secure.
Closing off http would be a pretty substantial move and with some systems using http for other programs possibly problematic.
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Re: Mozilla Restricts All New Firefox Features to HTTPS Only

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the article is about firefox features, not web pages! small but important difference.
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DanRaisch wrote:The article goes on to say that "The decision does not affect already existing standards/features, but Mozilla hopes all Firefox features "will be considered on a case-by-case basis," and will slowly move to secure contexts (HTTPS) exclusively in the future." That doesn't sound like you'll be blocked from visiting non-HTTPS sites for routine browsing.
Yes as Dan said, you should be able to access this site, just fine. Again, I imagine Mozilla wants to keep making things safer for all users.
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@ Grumpus
Thanks for sharing that info, it clears things up a little bit more.

@ DanRaisch
I hope so.
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It is up to Mozilla’s Distinguished Engineers to judge the outcome
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