Protocol relative URLs enabled on test.wikipedia.org
In preparation for enabling HTTPS on Wikimedia Foundation sites, we’ve recently enabled protocol relative URLs on test.wikipedia.org. Protocol relative URLs are needed to make the site work properly in...
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Well, wonder no longer! To configure the Wikimedia servers, we use Puppet, a configuration management system, which lets us write code that manages all of our servers like a single large application....
View ArticleProtocol-relative URLs enabled on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis
In July we enabled protocol-relative URLs on testwiki, and asked for bug reports. We did this in preparation for native HTTPS support for the sites. We received and fixed a number of protocol-relative...
View ArticleNative HTTPS support enabled for all Wikimedia Foundation wikis
We recently enabled protocol-relative URLs on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. That change was in preparation for this change: we’ve just enabled native HTTPS support on all wikis. What does this mean?...
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Opening our operations with Wikimedia Labs
For the past year and a half we’ve been working on a project named Wikimedia Labs, which enables us to invite our community to contribute to how our sites are run. Labs is a cloud computing environment...
View ArticleThe future of HTTPS on Wikimedia projects
The Wikimedia Foundation believes strongly in protecting the privacy of its readers and editors. Recent leaks of the NSA’s XKeyscore program have prompted our community members to push for the use of...
View ArticleHTTPS by default beta program
Now that we’ve enabled HTTPS by default for logged-in users, our next major objective is to enable HTTPS by default for anonymous users. We have a number of steps to take to arrive at this goal,...
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