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Is it possible to automatically redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
Can I amend my host file in such a way that when I visit http://www.hsbc.co.uk it will redirect me to https://www.hsbc.co.uk? or is there another way to achieve this.
Steven
Posted 2011-09-22T10:25:13.457
Reputation: 131
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HTTPS Everywhere is a good start, if you want a custom brew solution then use Privoxy to rewrite URLs.
Please note that the hosts file is to give domains a new IP and only just that...
Tamara Wijsman
Posted 2011-09-22T10:25:13.457
Reputation: 54 163
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HTTP and HTTPS are different protocols. Your hosts file (or DNS) does not determine what protocol is used.
RedGrittyBrick
Posted 2011-09-22T10:25:13.457
Reputation: 70 632
Similar: http://superuser.com/questions/150632/force-a-browser-to-load-the-https-edition-of-a-website-not-the-http and http://superuser.com/questions/176217/block-access-to-a-website-via-http-but-not-https-via-etc-hosts
– RedGrittyBrick – 2011-09-22T10:32:59.280