Okay, HTTPS contributory features are now introduced on the Wikipedia Zero
mobile web experience for operators that zero-rate HTTPS.

Thanks Brandon Black and Yuri Astrakhan for help on the final pieces!

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Another note in case you missed it earlier. If your'e looking in general to
> test the Wikipedia app reboot, at the moment the Android APK can be
> downloaded from
>
> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/apps-android-wikipedia-sprint25.apkand
> bugs can be filed via Bugzilla. The iOS build is currently internal
> due
> to installation limits, although simulator and debugging stuff can be done
> on the latest beta of Xcode.
>
> I also forgot to mention my peer Yuri's great work! The guy knuckled down
> to considerably revise Varnish scripts, reviewed and helped me improve
> code, and offered really good advice on API-app interaction. Thanks Yuri!
>
> -Adam
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > I realized I should be clear that the "rebooted apps" I mention are "the
> > future Wikipedia mobile app"s mentioned earlier in the thread. Sorry if
> any
> > confusion.
> >
> > -Adam
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> +mobile-l
> >>
> >> Greetings. Rupert, an update!
> >>
> >> The rebooted Android (Android 2.3+) and iOS (iOS 6+) apps will have
> >> Wikipedia Zero flourishes built into them, making it possible for the
> user
> >> to know whether the app access is free of data usage charges. The
> rebooted
> >> apps are tentatively slated for store submission at the end of the
> month.
> >> The flourishes will hinge on each operator's zero-rating of HTTPS.
> >>
> >> Likewise, HTTPS contributory features are about to be introduced on the
> >> Wikipedia Zero mobile web experience as well for operators that
> zero-rate
> >> HTTPS.
> >>
> >> WMF is starting the work with partner operators to add support for
> >> zero-rating of HTTPS. There will be, at least, technical hurdles
> >> (networking equipment architecture varies) in this transition, but it's
> >> underway! Indeed, we have some carriers that have noted support for
> HTTPS
> >> zero-rating already.
> >>
> >> I'm very much grateful to Brion, Yuvi, and Monte for their assistance
> >> while I added code to the Android and iOS platforms, and am happy to
> get to
> >> work with them more while putting final touches in place this month.
> Props
> >> to Faidon, Mark, and Brandon in Ops Engineering as well on helping us
> >> overcome some rather non-trivial hurdles in order to retain good
> >> performance and maintainability while adding HTTPS support.
> >>
> >> -Adam
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Brion Vibber <bvibber@wikimedia.org
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Rupert, I saw your question regarding Wikipedia Zero. Wikipedia Zero
> is
> >>> > currently targeted for the mobile web, but I'll take this question
> >>> back to
> >>> > the business team as to whether we'd be able to support zero-rating
> of
> >>> apps
> >>> > traffic at some point in the future, at least in locales where
> moderate
> >>> > bandwidth is available.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> I think that once the zero-rating is switched to support HTTPS by using
> >>> IP-based instead of Deep Packet Inspection-based HTTP sniffing, ISP
> >>> partners wouldn't actually be able to distinguish between mobile web
> and
> >>> mobile apps content unless we actively choose to make them use separate
> >>> IPs
> >>> and domain names.
> >>>
> >>> Especially if, as we think we're going to, the future Wikipedia mobile
> >>> app
> >>> will consist mostly of native code widgets and modules that plug into
> the
> >>> web site embedded in a web control... it'll be loading mostly the same
> >>> web
> >>> pages from the same servers, but running a different mix of JavaScript.
> >>>
> >>> -- brion
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