SteemWhales is now HTTPS

Dear SteemWhales users,

For those who don't know, HTTPS is the secure variant of the HTTP protocol (the protocol that your browser uses to load websites). So all the data going in and out of SteemWhales will now be encrypted.

It does not change much considering the website is read-only, with no authentication and all data is public. But (there is always a but), in practise HTTPS is always a bonus for a website. I have no idea why this wasn't done earlier considering it's a pretty quick job now with tools like LetsEncrypt. SteemWhales uses IIS as a web server, and the process to add HTTPS was a 3 step process:

• Download LetsEncrypt and run it
• Choose the hosted domain for which you want to generate a HTTPS certificate. This takes a good 30 seconds...
  
• Add a rule in your web.config file (same file where all your redirects are written)

<rule name="HTTP/S to HTTPS Redirect" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
  <match url="(.*)" />
  <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
    <add input="{SERVER_PORT_SECURE}" pattern="^0$" />
  </conditions>
  <action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}{REQUEST_URI}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>

Result:

STEEM On,
heimindanger
www.steemwhales.com