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various: Improve error reporting if missing file server module on 0.12 If there is some error loading net.http.files then it would be swallowed by the pcall and then it would proceed to trying mod_http_files, which might cause unexpected behavior on 0.12 Ref #1765
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:47:54 +0200
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summary: HTTP Strict Transport Security
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Introduction
============

This module implements [HTTP Strict Transport
Security](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6797) and responds to all
non-HTTPS requests with a `301 Moved Permanently` redirect to the HTTPS
equivalent of the path.

Configuration
=============

Add the module to the `modules_enabled` list and optionally configure
the specific header sent.

    modules_enabled = {
      ...
          "strict_https";
    }
    hsts_header = "max-age=31556952"

Compatibility
=============

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  trunk   Works
  0.9     Works
  0.8     Doesn't work
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