Re: Must have SSL or dedicated IP address?

Emily Schechter <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:56:14 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.blink.devel,gmane.comp.web.chromium.security.devel,gmane.comp.mozilla.security
Message-ID <CAAqC9rwnDnRFsW-nQKPK0R8wZuoJzf-DRtuZv7H6y0_m+g3Jfg@mail.gmail.com>
Per the response on the bug -- to be clear, this change is strictly about
how the Chrome browser UI indicates the status of a page you're on (i.e.
the lock icon next to HTTPS in the URL bar).

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Vincent Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Google has never announced that there will be a penalty for sites that are
> not using SSL. They have only announced that SSL will be a *small* boost to
> rankings.
>
> The word "penalty" does not appear anywhere on the page you linked.
>
> SSL certificates are available for free through multiple providers. Let's
> Encrypt (www.letsencrypt.org) is the most popular of the free providers.
>
> (I am not affiliated with Google)
>
> -Vincent
>
> On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Christian Trujillo <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am a web developer and I was talking with a hosting provider we use for
>> marketing sites and blogs, as we were discussing opening a new account we
>> were told that google was looking at enforcing SSL or a dedicated IP
>> address on each site otherwise you would be penalized.
>>
>> As I was doing more research on this I found this article:
>>
>> https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/marking-http
>> -as-non-secure
>>
>>
>> If this is real and google will serously enforce this and penilize sites
>> in my opinion it would be the STUPIDIEST (sorry) thing google has ever
>> done.
>>
>> The reason why google's search engine is so big and popular as we all
>> know, is for the quality of the results shown. This results are based on
>> content and relevance. There are millions of website which contain the
>> answers the user is looking for and most all of them dont have the budget
>> to pay for an SSL cert a year.
>> Google will loose this sites, its credibility and quality of results. I
>> would personally move to Bing and will make sure to explain all my
>> followers why.
>>
>> I cannot believe this is being considered.
>>
>>
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