I don't think Internet Archive will view https sites.  Internet Archive
just a few weeks ago added the option to let you add a page while browsing,
and I have been unable to add https pages when I submit them.

-Wilhelmina Randtke


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ranti Junus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi  All,
>
> If code4lb.org switched to HTTPS by default, can their content still be
> archived by the Internet Archive?
>
>
> thanks,
> ranti.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Ordway, Ryan <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > The simplest solution would be to modify the settings.php to start
> pushing
> > everything over HTTPS once someone has hit an HTTPS URL. The current
> > code4lib server has been here at OSU longer than I have (and I've been
> here
> > for 8+ years), and it's at MOST running at about 25% CPU capacity.
> Pushing
> > everything over HTTPS is probably fine too.
> >
> > As for additional administrative overhead, if someone else wants to
> manage
> > the certificate procurement and renewal, it takes me about 5 minutes
> every
> > year to put a new certificate in place and then restart Apache once I
> have
> > a certificate file.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Chad Fennell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I guess I just don't see why http and https can't coexist.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > They can definitely coexist, but there is a corresponding maintenance
> > cost
> > > and a slightly higher risk profile (e.g. session hijacking is still
> > > possible in a variety of mixed http/https configurations). I noticed a
> a
> > > pretty good, if a bit dated, run-down of the tradeoffs for various
> secure
> > > setups in Drupal
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://drupalscout.com/knowledge-base/drupal-and-ssl-multiple-recipes-possible-solutions-https
> > > .
> > > Even if the solutions have somewhat changed, it does get at the idea of
> > > what some of the tradeoffs are between security, usability and
> > maintenance.
> > >
> > > Just today, I noticed a security alert (
> https://drupal.org/node/2129381)
> > > for the Drupal 6 Secure Pages module where theoretically secured pages
> > and
> > > forms could be transmitted in the clear. This is the module you'd most
> > > likely use to achieve a mixed http/https site in Drupal.
> > >
> > > I have personally tended to just put everything behind https because of
> > the
> > > added work/modules/maintenance associated to running it along side of
> > http
> > > (in Drupal, specifically), but I am a lazy person with access to free
> > certs
> > > and ferncer servers.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > --
> > > Chad Fennell
> > > Web Developer
> > > University of Minnesota Libraries
> > > (612) 626-4186
> > >
> >
>
>
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