control/controlhttp: use secure WebSockets protocol by default

Forcing the insecure protocol (and perserving the port number) is only
desired for localhost testing, in prod we need to use wss:// to avoid
mixed-content errors.

Signed-off-by: Mihai Parparita <mihai@tailscale.com>

control/controlhttp/client_js.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 )
 
-// Variant of Dial that tunnels the request over WebScokets, since we cannot do
+// Variant of Dial that tunnels the request over WebSockets, since we cannot do
 // bi-directional communication over an HTTP connection when in JS.
 func Dial(ctx context.Context, addr string, machineKey key.MachinePrivate, controlKey key.MachinePublic, protocolVersion uint16, dialer dnscache.DialContextFunc) (*controlbase.Conn, error) {
 	init, cont, err := controlbase.ClientDeferred(machineKey, controlKey, protocolVersion)
@@ -24,13 +24,19 @@ func Dial(ctx context.Context, addr string, machineKey key.MachinePrivate, contr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	host, addr, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	wsScheme := "wss"
+	wsHost := host
+	if host == "localhost" {
+		wsScheme = "ws"
+		wsHost = addr
+	}
 	wsURL := &url.URL{
-		Scheme: "ws",
-		Host:   net.JoinHostPort(host, addr),
+		Scheme: wsScheme,
+		Host:   wsHost,
 		Path:   serverUpgradePath,
 		// Can't set HTTP headers on the websocket request, so we have to to send
 		// the handshake via an HTTP header.