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voretaq7
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Why can't I use https:: to access the stackexchange sites?

In order to be more secure in my external transmissions, I tried to use https://serverfault.com and found that I could not login....actually

Actually I get some type of login pagea 403/HTTP Authentication request, but its not like going to http://serverfault.com site.

What's up
Is there a reason https browsing is not enabled for ServerFault and the other Stack Exchange sites?

Why can't I use https:: to access the stackexchange sites?

In order to be more secure in my external transmissions, I tried to use https://serverfault.com and found that I could not login....actually I get some type of login page but its not like going to http://serverfault.com site.

What's up?

Why can't I use https to access the stackexchange sites?

In order to be more secure in my external transmissions, I tried to use https://serverfault.com and found that I could not login.

Actually I get a 403/HTTP Authentication request, but its not like going to http://serverfault.com site.
Is there a reason https browsing is not enabled for ServerFault and the other Stack Exchange sites?

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mdpc
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Why can't I use https:: to access the stackexchange sites?

In order to be more secure in my external transmissions, I tried to use https://serverfault.com and found that I could not login....actually I get some type of login page but its not like going to http://serverfault.com site.

What's up?