Google ensures HTTPS connections to its domains with support for HTTP Strict Transport Security, or HSTS.
Tag Archives: HSTS
New Attacks Recall Old Problems with Browser Cookies
DHS CERT published an alert prompted by a paper delivered at USENIX regarding the security of browser cookies.
Microsoft Brings HSTS to Windows 7 and 8.1
Microsoft announced it has added HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, in addition to its native inclusion in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
EFF, Others Plan to Make Encrypting the Web Easier in 2015
A new coalition, Let’s Encrypt, announced today they will grant free HTTPS certificates to any site that needs one in 2015.