Moserware: The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection
http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html

Convinced from spending hours reading rave reviews, Bob eagerly clicked "Proceed to Checkout" for his gallon of Tuscan Whole Milk and... Whoa! What just happened?

InfoQ: The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection

def test_get_new_with_http_should_redirect_to_ssl @request.env['HTTPS'] = nil get :new assert_redirected_to "https://" + @request.host + @request.request_uri end

@request.env['HTTPS'] = 'on'

Here’s a quick tip for how to test that your application is using SSL correctly.

SSL is not expensive

Technical Analysis by Peter Eckersley Today EFF and the Tor Project are launching a public beta of a new Firefox extension called HTTPS Everywhere.

Encrypt the Web with the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Extension | Electronic Frontier Foundation http://bit.ly/9PRtyX

This Firefox extension was inspired by the launch of Google's encrypted search option. We wanted a way to ensure that every search our browsers sent was encrypted. At the same time, we were also able to encrypt most or all of the browser's communications with some other sites: * Google Search * Wikipedia * Twitter and Identi.ca * Facebook * EFF and Tor * Ixquick, DuckDuckGo, Scroogle and other small search engines * and lots more!