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Related: About this forumExpect occasional downtime over the next week or so while we upgrade our security
This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).
Over the next few days we will be implementing HTTPS, so that all of our visitors will be able to browse the site securely over an encrypted connection.
There is likely to be occasional downtime as we implement this upgrade, with little-or-no warning ahead of time. Any downtime that does occur is likely to be relatively brief.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we make this change.
The DU Admins
CousinIT
(10,021 posts)Thanks!
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,826 posts)still_one
(96,347 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,433 posts)elleng
(135,784 posts)unblock
(54,115 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)sheshe2
(87,174 posts)nolabear
(43,197 posts)hibbing
(10,401 posts)BumRushDaShow
(141,381 posts)Good luck!
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,826 posts)So your first page request via bookmark may be insecure but any browsing expanding out from there on the site is https.
BumRushDaShow
(141,381 posts)and/or do it within their own server code.
So glad you're doing this.
red dog 1
(29,136 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Dorn
(562 posts)That'll never happen.
ffr
(23,112 posts)Thank you.
byronius
(7,596 posts)Then shall we go forth.
Love this place.
DinahMoeHum
(22,480 posts)It bears repeating: YOU GUYS ROCK !!
elmac
(4,642 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)For doing this and for the heads up 🙂
SharonAnn
(13,870 posts)I was in such distress and had nowhere to go for communication.
Do everything you need to do to keep the site safe! We always need DU, but during this turbulent time it's even more important than ever.
Thanks for all you do.
Laffy Kat
(16,515 posts)Let me know if you want to "friend",
mopinko
(71,652 posts)follow my fb farm link in my sig line, you can go to my personal page from there. (ok, like my farm on the way through.)
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
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Me.
(35,454 posts)pecosbob
(7,904 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 31, 2017, 02:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Let's make things Pooty-proof.
Laffy Kat
(16,515 posts)pecosbob
(7,904 posts)Saying goodbye to javascript and flash helps retain your privacy but kinda sucks if you like watching video over the internet. Also understand that using a VPN may make you a target of government scrutiny.
Laffy Kat
(16,515 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)to start having serious problems.
I'm sure it's a target. Now more than ever, I'm sure the election night outage was malicious and might even have been russian.
Laffy Kat
(16,515 posts)I won't freak out when it happens. We DU addicts get punchy during outages.
edhopper
(34,697 posts)you Rusky bastards!
👍🏼👍🏼
malaise
(277,738 posts)red dog 1
(29,136 posts)(You can't have too much security these days)
ornotna
(11,060 posts)Thanks guys.
DippyDem
(660 posts)58Sunliner
(4,952 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Tee it up on the red(tater)s from there...
mopinko
(71,652 posts)and for the guy holding the ban hammer.
Skittles
(158,468 posts)this site EVOLVES.....yes INDEED
Hekate
(94,407 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Screw the Putin bros!
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)I want you to do whatever you have to in order to keep us safe here.
sellitman
(11,662 posts)Dam Russian hackers.
littlemissmartypants
(25,128 posts)sueh
(1,865 posts)lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)You guys do an outstanding job. Thanks!
BigOleDummy
(2,274 posts)... Where else is there to go? Love this place, took me a long time to sign up but here for a long time. Thanks for the heads up!
blaze
(6,833 posts)Now I won't totally freak out when it goes down... provided it comes back quickly!!
IndianaDave
(626 posts)RainCaster
(11,504 posts)steve2470
(37,462 posts)This will make us more secure (but of course not perfectly secure, no website is) and keep us current with current web technologies.
Google Is Requiring HTTPS for Secure Data in Chrome
LP2K12
(885 posts)Just got done updating one of my sites to this as well.
Rhiannon12866
(221,065 posts)I was on DU.1 and can remember so many additions and improvements from over the years. But DU was then, as it is now, the best site on the internets...
defacto7
(13,551 posts)Working great here....
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