It's probably easier than differentiating between logged in and not-logged in, when it is understandably desirable to secure logged in traffic (which had been lacking for some time).<p>Curl can handle the redirect automatically (as well as HTTPS). Try something like:<p>curl -L <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com</a><p>or just point it to HTTPS directly.