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<div dir="auto">Browsers will complain if you mix https and http</div>
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<div dir="auto">Certificates are free and easy to apply, there's no reason no to use them.</div>
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<div dir="auto">It's also trivial to redirect http to https so it doesn't matter what link you've given out, just redirect </div>
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<strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, November 24, 2023 11:40:24 pm<br>
<strong>To:</strong> 'Icecast streaming server user discussions' <icecast@xiph.org><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Icecast] Benefits of SSL?<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi Thomas,<br>
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Why not offer both?<br>
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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.<br>
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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:<br>
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<a href="http://radiogeneral.com:8000/radio">http://radiogeneral.com:8000/radio</a><br>
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and<br>
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<a href="https://radiogeneral.com:8001/radio">https://radiogeneral.com:8001/radio</a><br>
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Best,<br>
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Humberto Rodriguez<br>
Ocala, Florida<br>
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From: Icecast <icecast-bounces@xiph.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Jensen<br>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2023 2:52 AM<br>
To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast@xiph.org><br>
Subject: [Icecast] Benefits of SSL?<br>
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I have started my radiostation on http. I have spread the word about<br>
the radio with a http-link. Now I (think I) have learned how to use my<br>
letsencrypt certificate, but if I change now, I will break a lot of<br>
links.<br>
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What I have done now is to redirect the https-links on my server to<br>
https, so you can use both http and https in front of the url to the<br>
stream.<br>
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That means you CAN access it via http. Is that a security risk? <br>
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I don't know much about security, but I don't see any delicate<br>
information we need to hide in the stream. <br>
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So, why use SSL?<br>
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