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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: PeteC on October 26, 2018, 02:20:15 pm

Title: Not secure?
Post by: PeteC on October 26, 2018, 02:20:15 pm

Just wondering if it says  "Not secure" on the bar in front of  the web address on anyone else's computer?

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: Pat B on October 26, 2018, 02:37:15 pm

It on my computer but I've never had a problem that I know of. I don't know enough about computers to say what it means.

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: PeteC on October 26, 2018, 04:23:02 pm

Thanks Pat

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: upstatenybowyer on October 26, 2018, 06:51:46 pm

Yeah, mine says that too, but I've been on this site for a few years and never had a problem.

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: NimRand on October 26, 2018, 11:57:07 pm

It's because the website is not Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS).

From WIKI:
The principal motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the accessed website and protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data while in transit. It protects against man-in-the-middle attacks.

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: PeteC on October 28, 2018, 05:34:52 am

Thanks for the input. I have been a member of this site since 2006 and have never had a problem either,and was curious since just noticing the warning. It may have been there and I just did not see it. God Bless

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: loon on October 28, 2018, 04:05:48 pm

Browsers semi-recently started giving warnings of http sites not being secure, it's becoming less acceptable for sites to not have HTTPS.

It turns out this site does have HTTPS, but the HTTP version doesn't redirect to HTTPS and doesn't seem to have HSTS, so I have to go to https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf . The extension "HTTPS Everywhere" could help too.

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: burchett.donald on October 28, 2018, 06:11:33 pm

  Click on Loon's link, then save to favorites...https will come up from now on...……………………………..Thanks Loon
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Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: DC on October 29, 2018, 01:28:03 pm

I did that and now there is a little icon that says "This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources". it's on the right hand end of where you enter the URL.

Title: Re: Not secure?
Post by: PeteC on October 29, 2018, 05:21:29 pm

How do you get to the extension https everywhere?