Why we use HTTPS for every .gov website we make
Theres a couple of issues that rarely are mentioned:<p>- for very high traffic websites HTTPS costs a lot of money. .gov sites are not very high traffic.<p>- When you have such high traffic you also have a bunch of old winxp and similar clients. These dont work fast on HTTPS and dont work without sslv3 and what not.<p>So while HTTPS with safe settings works in most cases it doesnt work in <i>all</i> cases.