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<div class="">On 2 Apr 2018, at 9:00 AM, <a href="mailto:frnkblk@iname.com" class="">
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There’s been some great discussion on this topic. I’d like to suggest the following approach:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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No auto-redirection at this time<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
But stop redirecting<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://whois.arin.net/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://whois.arin.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whois.arin.net/ui/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://whois.arin.net/ui/</a>,
rather redirect them to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://whois.arin.net/ui" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://whois.arin.net/ui</a>. If they chose to go to the secure site, being redirected to the
insecure site does not seem like a good idea.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Make sure that all links from ARIN’s other sites to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whois.arin.net/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">whois.arin.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are referring
to the HTTPS one (that may already be the case, but I don’t know)<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Enable HSTS for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whois.arin.net/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">whois.arin.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– if a web browser hits it intentionally then
just keep doing it automatically.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Provide some subtle feedback (perhaps an extra line/bar at the top of the page) to those web browsing the HTTP version of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whois.arin.net/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">whois.arin.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to
alert them that they are searching in the clear and provide a link to the secure version.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Develop a long-term goal to migrate programmatic access to HTTPS</li></ul>
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<div class=""> Excellent strawman proposal for moving forward - thank you for taking the time to express it with clarity! </div>
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<div class=""> Any specific objections or concerns with ARIN proceeding as proposed above? </div>
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<div class="">Thanks!</div>
<div class="">/John</div>
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<div class="">John Curran</div>
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