internetarchive / internetarchive/heritrix3
Web UI on non-https doesn't respond sensibly
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Description
When the web UI is only enabled over http**s**, trying to access it over http doesn't send a sensible response. I get some binary gibberish on one browser, and a browser error message on another.
It would make more sense to redirect http to https.
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Research direction
Start by locating the web UI's HTTP and HTTPS listener or request-handling entry points and inspect how HTTP-only access currently behaves when HTTPS is enabled. Confirm the desired behavior from the issue: HTTP requests should redirect to HTTPS rather than return browser errors or binary data, and verify the behavior with the relevant web UI checks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100