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Reply #15 - Feb 6th, 2021 at 6:34pm
 
freediver wrote on Feb 6th, 2021 at 6:55am:
Has anyone noticed any change in server performance this week - eg website speed, forum bugs?


I haven't noticed anything being slower at least. Did you change to nginx with the transfer?
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Reply #16 - Feb 6th, 2021 at 7:08pm
 
Still with hostgator. They allowed me to downgrade to VPS and get the 75% discount.

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I notice this one is now "not secure".


It has never had https. Something on my todo list. I'm pretty sure it costs extra.
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Reply #17 - Feb 6th, 2021 at 7:22pm
 
freediver wrote on Feb 6th, 2021 at 7:08pm:
Still with hostgator. They allowed me to downgrade to VPS and get the 75% discount.

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I notice this one is now "not secure".


It has never had https. Something on my todo list. I'm pretty sure it costs extra.


I've told you before it's free and you should implement it. It might even attract more posters from less than open countries.
https://letsencrypt.org/
I have no probs helping you implement it.

Edit: Remember you are trying to run a political site and every post is plain text to anyone that can see the traffic. Unless they've already got to you... Undecided and that's why you won't encrypt. Cry
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Reply #18 - Feb 6th, 2021 at 8:57pm
 
Should ozpol encrypt traffic?
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Reply #19 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 9:46am
 
I think we have https now.
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Reply #20 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 10:08am
 
freediver wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 9:46am:
I think we have https now.


We sure do.

Well done.  Cool
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Reply #21 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:09pm
 
Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 10:08am:
freediver wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 9:46am:
I think we have https now.


We sure do.

Well done.  Cool


How does one know.  Everything looks the same to me?
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Reply #22 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:27pm
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:09pm:
Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 10:08am:
freediver wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 9:46am:
I think we have https now.


We sure do.

Well done.  Cool


How does one know.  Everything looks the same to me?


The "Lock" symbol ...

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or ...

Click on the address bar to see the https "s" for secure / encrypted.

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1612055536/15#22
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Reply #23 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:33pm
 
In terms a child Martian will understand....what does that mean?  I see Monk's Forum also has that 'lock' symbol.
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Reply #24 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:39pm
 
It means the info you send to the site is encrypted, so if someone intercepts it, they cannot do anything with it.

Not sure what info exactly, as when I type in a post chrome tells me that the form is not secure, presumably meaning it sends it to the server as plain text. Presumably your login password is sent as encrypted data rather than plain text.

I think the info the site sends to you (web page content) is also encrypted.
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Reply #25 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:39pm
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:33pm:
In terms a child Martian will understand....what does that mean?  I see Monk's Forum also has that 'lock' symbol.


If a website uses a secured comms setting (indicated by the lock ... or https in the address) ...

It means that stuff typed here is "encrypted" between your computer and the site, so "hackers" can't easily see what is transmitting between your computer and the site. It makes it a little harder for hackers to mess with things - although not impossible.


Edit: Freediver beat me to it.  Smiley
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Reply #26 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:44pm
 
It's all Martian to me.  For example, why would anyone want to intercept 'stuff' I somehow 'send' to this Site?
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Reply #27 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:54pm
 
They are looking for email addresses to spam, banking passwords, etc.
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Reply #28 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 1:16pm
 
freediver wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:54pm:
They are looking for email addresses to spam, banking passwords, etc.


Okay...I 'get' the email password bit....but I am certain I do not send my banking passwords to this site.  Or, was I, before you changed to the 'locked' thing?

Huh
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Reply #29 - Feb 7th, 2021 at 1:30pm
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 1:16pm:
freediver wrote on Feb 7th, 2021 at 12:54pm:
They are looking for email addresses to spam, banking passwords, etc.


Okay...I 'get' the email password bit....but I am certain I do not send my banking passwords to this site.  Or, was I, before you changed to the 'locked' thing?

Huh


Correct. It's probably overkill for a public forum. Any hacker could just create an account here if that's what they really want. But it is becoming standard, and easier to set up.
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