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There is much more to HTTPS than just ciphers and HSTS, i would personally use the following rating.

1 None - No HTTPS Support/Invalid certificate/Broken or vulnerable cipher or protocols (POODLE, SSLv2 etc'.) Cookies not set as 'SECURE'.

2 Poor - Valid certificate, weak or anonymous cipher suits, none standard ciphers. Site serves mixed content. Any certificate issues like SHA1/MD5 signatures, low rated CA's, lack of revocation lists etc.

3 Good - Fully validated cert and chain, including revocation lists, supports only secure cipher suits with forward secrecy. HTTP-HTTPS redirection or HSTS, all cookies are set as 'SECURE'. No mixed content.

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