document: Forcehttps : protecting high-security web sites from network attacks As wireless networks proliferate , web browsers operate in an increasingly hostile network environment . The HTTPS protocol has the potential to protect web users from network attackers , but real-world deployments must cope with misconfigured servers , causing imperfect web sites and users to compromise browsing sessions inadvertently . ForceHTTPS is a simple browser security mechanism that web sites or users can use to opt in to stricter error processing , improving the security of HTTPS by preventing network attacks that leverage the browser 's lax error processing . By augmenting the browser with a database of custom URL rewrite rules , ForceHTTPS allows sophisticated users to transparently retrofit security onto some insecure sites that support HTTPS . We provide a prototype implementation of ForceHTTPS as a Firefox browser extension .
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