- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:35:57 +0900
- To: Tony Buchberger <tony.buchberger.gdqv@statefarm.com>
- Cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
Hi Tony, On Jan 25, 2008, at 06:41 , Tony Buchberger wrote: > From a business standpoint, it would be beneficial if the W3C > validator allowed the HTTPS protocol (SSL) to be used. That way, it > would eliminate concerns with others possibly sniffing internal > business applications' HTML/CSS during validation. > The W3C validators do allow validation of https resources e.g http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fbugzilla.mozilla.org%2Fshow_bug.cgi%3Fid%3D411240&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fbugzilla.mozilla.org%2Fshow_bug.cgi%3Fid%3D411240&warning=1&profile=css21&usermedium=all The validators themselves do not, however, work under https. That's been a long standing TODO item. That said, if you are concerned about validating secure data, I'd strongly recommend installing the validators on your internal network and not use a public instance. regards, -- olivier
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