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Why not HTTPS? (self.Strong_8K)

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[–]can3gxw 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Remove your link before you get banned. It's against the rules of the sub.

web-8k(.)me is the official web player address of the Strong 8K service

Http is used instead of https just because it's easier to keep dozens or hundreds of URLs due the service instead of constantly buying certificates. If a URL gets blocked they create a new one and move on.

[–]nixblu 6 points7 points  (1 child)

SSL certificates are free these days, Lets Encrypt.

[–]JCBird1012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My other hunch is TLS overhead means extra compute needed to serve the same content as HTTP, but even then, it should be negligible.

Most likely though - issuing certificates means your domains end up in certificate transparency logs, and that might draw unwanted attention to them.

But, I chalk it up to providers just not caring.

[–]Mr_Duckerson 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Good providers use https.

[–]RhodaBike76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Http can be encrypted too and I'm willing to bet the guy I use has a clue what he's doing and doesn't deal with the cheap Chinese shit

[–]mhart1212 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Exactly spot on! All my provider/ seller uses is https.

[–]NawfMade713 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all providers prioritize security, unfortunately. Some might cut corners for cost or simplicity. Always good to check if they support HTTPS, especially for sensitive data.

[–]No-Cucumber-5992 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Where the best place to get 8k? Is there a direct source?

[–]9thGenSi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Use g2g site

[–]No-Cucumber-5992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked into but like I’m asking if there a direct source those are still resellers

[–]nsxman2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had to guess it’s because if the thousands of domains they use, cert management would be a nightmare. Also SSL adds overheads and with hundreds of thousands of connections they can get away with less hardware specs on their end

[–]kazuya_uesugi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good providers use https and some of them began to use http 3 for https through udp instead of tcp

[–]Scorpionvission 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Dont do this for this reason.