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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
(9,151 posts)Thanks!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,786 posts)still_one
(91,945 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,919 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)unblock
(51,974 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)sheshe2
(83,327 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)hibbing
(10,076 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,291 posts)Good luck!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,786 posts)So your first page request via bookmark may be insecure but any browsing expanding out from there on the site is https.
BumRushDaShow
(127,291 posts)and/or do it within their own server code.
So glad you're doing this.
red dog 1
(27,647 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)Dorn
(519 posts)That'll never happen.
ffr
(22,644 posts)Thank you.
byronius
(7,369 posts)Then shall we go forth.
Love this place.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)It bears repeating: YOU GUYS ROCK !!
elmac
(4,642 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)For doing this and for the heads up 🙂
SharonAnn
(13,766 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
(16,354 posts)Let me know if you want to "friend",
mopinko
(69,805 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
(149,297 posts)Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #44)
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Me.
(35,454 posts)pecosbob
(7,502 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 31, 2017, 03:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Let's make things Pooty-proof.
Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)pecosbob
(7,502 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
(16,354 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
(16,354 posts)I won't freak out when it happens. We DU addicts get punchy during outages.
edhopper
(33,188 posts)you Rusky bastards!
👍🏼👍🏼
malaise
(267,800 posts)red dog 1
(27,647 posts)(You can't have too much security these days)
ornotna
(10,763 posts)Thanks guys.
DippyDem
(658 posts)58Sunliner
(4,339 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Tee it up on the red(tater)s from there...
mopinko
(69,805 posts)and for the guy holding the ban hammer.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)this site EVOLVES.....yes INDEED
Hekate
(90,189 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
(11,596 posts)Dam Russian hackers.
littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)sueh
(1,818 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)You guys do an outstanding job. Thanks!
BigOleDummy
(2,260 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
(6,270 posts)Now I won't totally freak out when it goes down... provided it comes back quickly!!
IndianaDave
(611 posts)RainCaster
(10,677 posts)steve2470
(37,457 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
(202,970 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
(13,485 posts)Working great here....
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