Web servers should refuse requests for random, unnecessary URLs(utcc.utoronto.ca)

71 points by ingve 3 years ago | 117 comments

Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014)(tim.dierks.org)

520 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 223 comments

Tim Dierks' 2014 blog post explaining how Netscape-Microsoft browser war politics led SSL to be standardized and renamed as TLS.

Avoiding HTTP/3 (for a while) as a pragmatic default(utcc.utoronto.ca)

82 points by pabs3 3 years ago | 80 comments

Show HN: Web Scraping with Your Web Browser: Why Not?(8chananon.github.io)

61 points by 8chanAnon 2 years ago | 39 comments

Does anyone remember websites?(tttthis.com)

31 points by lr0 1 year ago | 37 comments

A Schism in the OpenPGP World(lwn.net)

111 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 212 comments