[squid-users] Youtube "challenges"

[Amos Jeffries]

On 26/02/2016 6:54 a.m., xxiao8 wrote:
> One month ago I asked in youtube's support forum on the possibility that
> they have http for youtube.com in parallel with https, no response though.
> 
> Other than the login page, I don't see why video streaming from youtube
> can not use http in the same time, will someone wiretap this
> http-video-stream on some LAN to get a copy of those videos?
> 
> http will resolve all the problems, most other video sites are doing
> both http/https.

YouTube is a Google property. They are a major advocate in the "TLS
Everywhere" crowd.

Your chances of getting them to go back to HTTP is nil.

Amos