With browsers now defaulting to HTTPS and HSTS (Bonus points for preload) is there actually any point to listening on port 80 anymore for most websites?
I can only think of one use case, and that is to easily do ACME validation
I'm wondering if I should setup a 30 day benchmark to see if anyone actually needs the http redirector on bgp.tools now
benjojo
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2026-08-24 16:21:43 UTC
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