[HTTPS-Everywhere] Working version of HTTPS Everywhere for Internet Explorer

John A. Wallace jw72253 at verizon.net
Thu Sep 27 09:47:17 PDT 2012


Well this is great news! I for one would be interested in trying it out in
IE, but I am not sure how you go about testing the rules one by one. Please
keep us posted.  Thanks.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Sobrier [mailto:jsobrier at zscaler.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:12 AM
> To: John A. Wallace
> Cc: 'Peter Eckersley'; https-everywhere at EFF.org
> Subject: Re: [HTTPS-Everywhere] Working version of HTTPS Everywhere for
> Internet Explorer
> 
> Hello,
> I sent a couple of e-mails a few months ago as I started to work on an
> implementation for Internet Explorer. The first implementation in C#
> had too many limitations, I've done a new version in C++.
> 
> 
>  It still need more testing before it can be distributed to regular
> users, but it should be ready in a few weeks.
> 
> I'm testing the rules one by one. I found a few bad regular expressions
> (for example "Aldi - Germany") or obsolete ones (exclusions in
> WordPress rule).
> 
> 
> Julien Sobrier, Zscaler
> 
> 
> On 9/26/2012 10:52 PM, John A. Wallace wrote:
> > I was not aware of a version for IE. Is it ready for regular users or
> > is this a development thing? Thanks.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: https-everywhere-bounces at mail1.eff.org
> >> [mailto:https-everywhere- bounces at mail1.eff.org] On Behalf Of Julien
> >> Sobrier
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:44 PM
> >> To: Peter Eckersley
> >> Cc: gauravkale at vista.aero; https-everywhere at EFF.org
> >> Subject: [HTTPS-Everywhere] Working version of HTTPS Everywhere for
> >> Internet Explorer
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>  I have a working version of HTTPS Everywhere for Internet Explorer:
> >> * HTTP/HTTPS transactions are modified, and redirected according to
> >> the rules
> >> * HTTPS cookies are secured according to the rules
> >>
> >> I'm testing all the existing rules one by one to make sure the
> >> extension works fine, and if any change is needed. I'm finding rules
> >> that need to be updated. For example, the rule for 1and1.com does
> not
> >> work very well on Firefox and Internet Explorer. The following
> >> exclusion would be needed:
> >> <exclusion pattern="^https://www\.1and1\.com/(xml/|\?__)"/>
> >>
> >> Where should I Send suggestions for changes to the existing rules?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >> Julien Sobrier, Zscaler
> >>
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