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> Hardware gets outdated and needs replacing

Irrelevant. Low traffic static website.

> at which point you cannot postpone the kernel update anymore because you need the new device drivers, etc. etc

Irrelevant as I didn't upgrade the hardware

>You also don't want to stop updating your HTTP server, CVEs get discovered quite frequently

it's a server for serving a single static page from 1998, nothing bad will happen if that machine is compromised, well, nothing worse that what could be done for not having HTTPs



> it's a server for serving a single static page from 1998, nothing bad will happen if that machine is compromised, well, nothing worse that what could be done for not having HTTPs

Here's one: the server has a remote code execution vulnerability, which is exploited to gain root permissions, and your server is serving child porn. The cops are knocking on your door.

Granted, this isn't a pro-HTTPS argument, but you do need to keep your stuff updated, even if it is only a static site.




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