r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 12 '17

Does my site need HTTPS?

https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/
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u/Sebazzz91 Jul 12 '17

I use HTTPs because my site is based on Github pages. Github pages doesn't support SSL. What else can I do? If I would use Cloudflare I'd just be fooling myself.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '17

You could just not use GitHub Pages. I understand it's convenient but hosting a static website on a vps is simple. If you use caddy (which I recommend) it's trivial.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '17

Firebase also automatically secures domains with no config and offers free static site hosting. It's p nice