[tor-bugs] #7104 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Rewrite rule for Ubuntu One breaks public links

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#7104: Rewrite rule for Ubuntu One breaks public links
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 Reporter:  beuno                 |          Owner:  pde     
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:          
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:          
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Comment(by beuno):

 Replying to [comment:1 pde]:
 > Hrm.  It seems that other parts of the Ubuntu One domain (such as the
 homepage) actually redirect over to one.ubuntu.com.  So there are a few
 strategies we could try here:
 >
 > 1. try to match the URLs that refer to files actually hosted on Ubuntu
 One.  There are a few different forms, some of which can be observed with
 [https://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:ubuntuone.com the right Google
 search].  There's some risk we would take URLs that are ''supposed'' to be
 on one.ubuntu.com and send them over to ubuntuone.com
 >
 > 2. Try to rewrite ''everything'' from http://one.ubuntu.com to
 https://ubuntuone.com, because it seems to redirect back to
 https://one.ubuntu.com when required.  I don't like this approach as much.
 >
 > 3. Declare defeat/chaos, disable the ruleset, and ask Ubuntu for help.

 I am one of the Ubuntu One developers so I can certainly help you
 straighten this all out  :)

 ubuntuone.com is *only* used to serve files. At some point ubuntuone.com
 was used as the main domain, but it isn't anymore, we don't link to it
 (and haven't in at least 3 years).
 Looking at our logs, only bots access the main website via ubuntuone.com,
 so it's safe to just flip "http://ubuntuone.com/*" to
 "https://ubuntuone.com/*" every single time. "one.ubuntu.com" is all https
 and will remain this way.

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