Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderLet's Encrypt is one of the best things that happened to the web recently. I wish we had more choices though. Relying so much on a single party is unnerving.
The recommendation of Cloudflare here seems poor. Using CF to make an HTTP only site support HTTPS will only prevent MITM between CF and the end user. MITM between my server and CF is not improved as it's still HTTP. Yes, you can add a self signed cert and tell CF not to check the cert validity, but that doesn't prevent MITM. Worse, Cloudflare can inject JavaScript into your site. The default settings will show Captchas to users if CF…
Why? Because you want somebody to be able to censor out your whole website without notifying you and without giving you any meaningful way to protest (CA revoking your certificate and giving you as much support as Google gives to its non-paying users or PayPal to the sellers). Now we have the same situation with DNS, but let's add more choking points, it surely is a good idea.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 497
- Total comments
- 391
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-12 | Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS | el_duderino | 5 | 0 |
| 2018-07-13 | Here’s why your static website needs HTTPS | MandieD | 6 | 0 |
| 2018-07-29 | Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS | vmarsy | 3 | 1 |
| 2018-08-28 | Why Static Websites Need HTTPSFirst breakout · Best thread | edward | 328 | 253 |
| 2020-01-25 | Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS (2018)Latest 20+ point return | codesections | 153 | 137 |
| 2021-10-06 | Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS (2018) | kaeruct | 2 | 0 |