[Icecast] Benefits of SSL?

[Dik ....]

Browsers will complain if you mix https and http

Certificates are free and easy to apply, there's no reason no to use them.

It's also trivial to redirect http to https so it doesn't matter what link you've given out, just redirect

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From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> on behalf of Postmaster <sub at hrfinancial.com>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2023 11:40:24 pm
To: 'Icecast streaming server user discussions' <icecast at xiph.org>
Subject: Re: [Icecast] Benefits of SSL?

Hi Thomas,

Why not offer both?

SSL is important so as not to be penalized by search engines that nowadays expect it on any website, more so when you have a form asking for sensitive information, as it encrypts the communication between browser and server.

Having said that, there is no reason for you not to offer both https:// and http://, all you need to do is using different ports. For instance, this station offers both:

http://radiogeneral.com:8000/radio

and

https://radiogeneral.com:8001/radio

Best,

Humberto Rodriguez
Ocala, Florida


-----Original Message-----
From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Jensen
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2023 2:52 AM
To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast at xiph.org>
Subject: [Icecast] Benefits of SSL?

I have started my radiostation on http. I have spread the word about
the radio with a http-link. Now I (think I) have learned how to use my
letsencrypt certificate, but if I change now, I will break a lot of
links.

What I have done now is to redirect the https-links on my server to
https, so you can use both http and https in front of the url to the
stream.

That means you CAN access it via http. Is that a security risk?

I don't know much about security, but I don't see any delicate
information we need to hide in the stream.

So, why use SSL?
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