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Comment by basilikum

14 days ago

> HSTS with preload enabled end up in a big list at Google to speed up the initial connection from browser to site.

HSTS preload is not for speed. It's to protect against SSL stripping on first connection. Modern browsers already try port 443 first or in parallel with 80.

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