that would mean anyone going to http:// will perceive as the server being down so what you are saying will not work in practice
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gatelike@feddit.de 11 months agoserver serves a protocol on a port. I would rather it not include logic like that. turn off the http port of you don’t want to serve http.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 11 months ago
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
HSTS + HTTPS redirect is the answer. It’s industry standard for a reason: it’s just as safe as pure HTTPS since you can’t get anything other than a redirect over HTTP, and HSTS protects your users from future attempted MITM attacks. The MDN page for HSTS explains it all very clearly.
Any other implementation is an immediate audit fail in my experience.
There’s no tangible security benefit to fully disabling port 80, and if anything depending on the service it may just drive users away to shadier alternatives.