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[small] fix SSL Labs URL
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monfresh committed Mar 31, 2016
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* **Privacy**. Enhanced privacy for apps and users using the API. HTTP headers and query string parameters (among other things) will be encrypted.
* **Compatibility**. Broader client-side compatibility. For CORS requests to the API to work on HTTPS websites -- to not be blocked as mixed content -- those requests must be over HTTPS.

HTTPS should be configured using modern best practices, including ciphers that support [forward secrecy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy), and [HTTP Strict Transport Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security). **This is not exhaustive**: use tools like [SSL Labs](ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html) to evaluate an API's HTTPS configuration.
HTTPS should be configured using modern best practices, including ciphers that support [forward secrecy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy), and [HTTP Strict Transport Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security). **This is not exhaustive**: use tools like [SSL Labs](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html) to evaluate an API's HTTPS configuration.

For an existing API that runs over plain HTTP, the first step is to add HTTPS support, and update the documentation to declare it the default, use it in examples, etc.

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