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by smutticus 4068 days ago
1) SSL and TLS are basically the same thing. We just changed the name when we reached SSLv4. TLSv1 == SSLv4

2) TBL is concerned that changing the URI by appending an 's' to 'http' it breaks web links. He considers it a mistake made 20 years ago to indicate the use of encryption in the URI prefix.

This scenario:

1) Resource located at 'http'

2) Operator in charge of resource enforces HTTPS

3) Link from #1 no longer works because URI is now 'https'