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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-18030

support HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

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    • Resolution: Done
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • 5.9
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      A server using HSTS sends a HTTP header (Strict-Transport-Security), and a time for which this header is valid (similar to a cache max-age attribute). Within that time, requests to the server should use https automatically, and not connect to the http version first and get a redirect to the https site. Second, it will turn all insecure links to secure links. Third, a user-agent complying to HSTS will not allow the user to proceed loading a web site upon SSL errors (e.g. certificate expired).
      E.g. paypal.com is already supporting this, so are Google Chrome and Firefox in recent versions.

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              peter-har Peter Hartmann
              phartman Peter Hartmann (closed Nokia identity) (Inactive)
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