While cleaning up .htaccess files within this repo one of the updates I made was to replace proxying of files under /ns/hydra/ with local copies in order to simplify our Apache config.
There is one remaining case of files being proxied elsewhere, in /ns/.htaccess:
RewriteRule ^bde/(.*)$ https://w3.semte.ch/ns/bde/$1 [P,L]
I believe we should replace this with local files as well, and deprecate the use of this kind of proxying setup in the future.
Rationale: even if we know and trust the maintainers of these external sites today, websites often succumb to bitrot, domain names can expire and be acquired by spammers, and proxying requests elsewhere can introduce performance, security and privacy issues.
While cleaning up .htaccess files within this repo one of the updates I made was to replace proxying of files under /ns/hydra/ with local copies in order to simplify our Apache config.
There is one remaining case of files being proxied elsewhere, in
/ns/.htaccess:I believe we should replace this with local files as well, and deprecate the use of this kind of proxying setup in the future.
Rationale: even if we know and trust the maintainers of these external sites today, websites often succumb to bitrot, domain names can expire and be acquired by spammers, and proxying requests elsewhere can introduce performance, security and privacy issues.