The HSTS preload list is a list of domains that support HTTPS. The
list is compiled by Google and is utilised by Chrome, Firefox and
others.
With this information, a HTTP client may contact a website without
trying a plain-text HTTP connection first. It prevents interception
with redirects that take place over HTTP. None of the sent data
will ever be unencrypted.
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles
Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.
This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.
Approved by: portmgr (tcberner)
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles
It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.
Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.
There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.
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www/libhsts: add port: Library to check a domain against the Chromium HSTS
Preload list
The HSTS preload list is a list of domains that support HTTPS. The
list is compiled by Google and is utilised by Chrome, Firefox and
others.
With this information, a HTTP client may contact a website without
trying a plain-text HTTP connection first. It prevents interception
with redirects that take place over HTTP. None of the sent data
will ever be unencrypted.
WWW: https://gitlab.com/rockdaboot/libhsts
