[Roundup-users] Are you redirecting http->https for your /rest or /xmlrpc API?

[John P. R. <ro...@cs...>]

Hi all:

In https://jviide.iki.fi/http-redirects jviide notes that redirecting
http -> https automatically for API calls is not a great idea.

For regular human browser use, credentials aren't usualy sent with the
first http request (it waits for a 401-Unauthorized response). However
for API calls, credentials are usually supplied with the first call to
the API.

Jviide suggests returning a 403 (Forbidden) along with an explanation.
The explanation says that the credentials should be changed, since
they have been exposed in plaintext over the network.

At the very least it stops repeated successful API access over the
insecure path. This should reduce the number of times the credentials
are exposed.

It also suggests automatically voiding the credentials if a request
comes in over http, but that's a whole other issue.

Have a great day all and I hope you are enjoying Roundup 2.4.0beta2.

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