Topic on Manual talk:$wgForceHTTPS/Flow

My .htaccess contains:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Does $WgForceHTTPS make the above .htaccess unnecessary?

Manual says "the webserver should also be configured to send HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) response headers."

i assume that only applies on a private, not shared, server.