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vulnerability.ch now HSTS preloaded

As of September 8th, 2015 this website has been added to the HSTS preloading list of Google Chrome. I expect Firefox to follow soon. This ensures that all connections from your browser is sent over encrypted HTTP, even when you  try to connect with http://vulnerability.ch.

You can check HSTS-Settings in Chrome under: chrome://net-internals/#hsts

How to add your site to the list

  • Add the following header to your site
    Strict-Transport-Security:max-age=31415926; includeSubDomains; preload
  • Submit your site at “HSTS Preload Submission” and wait.

In Apache’s httpd you can for example add this line to your .htaccess file (on a share server) or in your httpd.conf (private server):

Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31415926; includeSubDomains; preload" env=HTTPS

This also prevents you from visiting websites, where you would ignore the certificate warning. Chrome no longer allows you that.

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