[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#1118030: https-rulesets.org no longer owned by eff

[Ángel]

Package: webext-https-everywhere
Version: 2021.1.27-1
Debian Release: 11.9
Suite: bullseye

I recently found an odd request to http://ww25.https-rulesets.org/v1//	?subid1=<some tracking id> on opening the browser

It seems the eff let the https-rulesets.org domain expire and it was
registered by a third party last December:

$ whois https-rulesets.org
Domain Name: https-rulesets.org
Registry Domain ID: REDACTED
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
Registrar URL: http://www.tucows.com
Updated Date: 2024-12-29T18:08:52Z
Creation Date: 2024-12-24T18:08:08Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-12-24T18:08:08Z
Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: domainabuse at tucows.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4165350123
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Name Server: ns15.abovedomains.com
Name Server: ns16.abovedomains.com

who put it on for sale.

Now requests to https://www.https-rulesets.org/<something> redirect
(302) to http://ww25.https-rulesets.org/<something>?subid1=<some id>,
which show a This-domain-may-be-for-sale parking page (along
a  parking_session cookie).


On webext-https-everywhere  background-scripts/update_channels.js sets
update_path_prefix: 'https://www.https-rulesets.org/v1/

which is used by background-scripts/update.js to perioically check for
new rulesets automatically.