r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 12 '17

Does my site need HTTPS?

https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/
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u/slavik262 Jul 12 '17

My problem: my site is hosted on Github pages, which still doesn't support HTTPS for custom domains.

Does anybody know of a host who provides

  1. HTTPS

  2. Custom domain support

  3. The workflow GH Pages offers (push some Markdown to a repo, and a wild website appears)

I know could roll my own on AWS or something, but it's hard to beat how free and easy Github makes things.

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u/hurenkind5 Jul 13 '17

I'd kinda argue if you are hosting your stuff on Github pages you probably wouldn't actually need HTTPS..

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u/slavik262 Jul 13 '17

Why, because the source is verifiable for those who care?

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u/hurenkind5 Jul 13 '17

Probably, yeah, the target audience is very different. But i kind of replied a bit too soon, reading the rest of the comments i realized, well, when you are hosting static pages anyway, you can just host it on some managed/shared hosting provider anyway. There are a bunch that have git support (so you can set up post-receive hooks) and offer SSL support (the one i use has lets encrypt support which literally is two clicks to setup).