http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16831
--- Comment #20 from TJ support@tjworld.net 2009-01-08 16:31:59 ---
Have you tested what happens with a URL that has an explicit port on Windows?
Yes. With my patch wine behaves identically (to Windows XP SP2). In other words, Windows behaviour appears to be to 'promote' a protocol to HTTPS when no port is specified and INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE is set. Without the patch wine behaves differently to Windows.
I wrote a program that tests 12 permutations and logs the results. Because there's a lot of formatted output I've put it on my Wiki and summarised it in a table, as well as including the test code and logs.
http://tjworld.net/wiki/Linux/Wine/Bug16831