XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > Incubus wrote:   
   >   
   >> When I did that the strange thing is I was able to get,   
   >> momentarily, a log in into the router but then it reverted   
   >> instantly back to wanting https!   
   >   
   > That's because the router itself supports https and has a certificate   
   > for it. It is the router itself who is insisting on https.   
      
   The router may even use HSTS, which is a way for the router to say to   
   the browser "I know that you've used https to me in the past, so don't   
   ever use plain http again".   
      
   But I'd think that was a little extreme?   
      
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