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Where has your https gone? - consuli - Nov-28-2016
Where has your https gone? When I visited your forum before the hack, I had https, I think. Has your https also been hacked?
RE: Where has your https gone? - metulburr - Nov-28-2016
there has never been https on this server
RE: Where has your https gone? - consuli - Nov-29-2016
Ahh, I am mistaken.
Anyway, Google will rank your forum higher, if you offer https.
RE: Where has your https gone? - metulburr - Nov-29-2016
i am sure we can reach #1 without it, though it could help of course.
RE: Where has your https gone? - Kebap - Nov-30-2016
It could of course also help against hacks
RE: Where has your https gone? - Ofnuts - Dec-05-2016
(Nov-30-2016, 04:52 PM)Kebap Wrote: It could of course also help against hacks
It helps against other sites masquerading as Python-forum to steal your password. Otherwise, it's not much different for hackers. But some corporate proxies block the HTTPS since they can't really tell what is going on...
RE: Where has your https gone? - micseydel - Dec-05-2016
(Dec-05-2016, 01:31 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Otherwise, it's not much different for hackersImagine you're at an airport with a public wifi network. All regular HTTP requests you make are visible to everyone else on that network, using a tool like Wireshark. For regular posts, that doesn't matter, but if for example you visited an admin/moderator page with sensitive credentials, those credentials would be plaintext visible due to the lack of HTTPS. Blocking HTTPS today seems extremely rare, and not a good reason for not having HTTPS.
RE: Where has your https gone? - wavic - Dec-08-2016
I am concerned for lack of https too. At least login page have to be https.
RE: Where has your https gone? - consuli - Jan-05-2017
I have got another quite simple point pro https. When I am surfing along "my" forums https://r-forum.net, https://quantinvestor.net, https://python-forum.de this forum is the only one with no https, requiring an extra adaption back to http. This is getting on the nerve after a while, when there is always one little outsider, which web address needs special treatment.
Consuli
RE: Where has your https gone? - pydsigner - Jan-08-2017
Another vote for HTTPS here. Let's Encrypt works if it's a money concern.