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    Default broncos forums - not secure in my browser

    Should BF have the http thing or not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis View Post
    Should BF have the http thing or not?
    It's not currently https. I've looked into what it will take to do it, but haven't gotten around to it at this point. Many forums, as they aren't commerce platforms, aren't https. At some point I will try and switch it over, as that's what everything is going to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tned View Post
    It's not currently https. I've looked into what it will take to do it, but haven't gotten around to it at this point. Many forums, as they aren't commerce platforms, aren't https. At some point I will try and switch it over, as that's what everything is going to.
    You will need to buy a cert and change ports.
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    Cool thanks, I have just never noticed it before, wasn't sure if I was getting davvi'd

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    Quote Originally Posted by elsid13 View Post
    You will need to buy a cert and change ports.
    I know, but last time I looked there were a few oddities with this version of vBulletin. I actually attempted to convert over to https about six or so months ago (might have been closer to a year) and the CSS was broken and the site was not functioning (rendering) properly.

    I then got tied up and never had a chance to troubleshoot and then honestly forgot about it. That go around I did it in the middle of the site on the live site figuring it wouldn't interrupt much. But, it looks like I'm going to have to setup a test install on a different server, probably using a self signed cert on the test server. Just haven't gotten around to doing it.

    I'll try and carve out some time to play around with it.

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    Do we really need it?

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    Not really, the only thing vulnerable are passwords from a man-in-the-middle, which isn't very common, nor is the site particularly valuable to exploit in such a way. Beyond that, this is basically a public forum, so it's all available anyway (with the exception of opt in forums, but nothing exactly classified there either).

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    Does your host not offer shared SSL? Won't get the green bar validated but it will be secure.

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    What an attention whore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    Does your host not offer shared SSL? Won't get the green bar validated but it will be secure.
    It's not a shared hosting account.

    I bought a cert a while back. The issue as indicated above was that when I switched the site to SSL the CSS broke and it didn't render correctly and rendered the site basically useless.

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    You don't even need to buy a ssl.

    Just generate a certificate on the machine and push the site through a cdn and use their ssl. All it does is validate that there is a certificate installed on your machine. Won't be a green bar...but it will be just as secure and hell of a lot cheaper.

    I have used cloudflare for this.

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    Dave, all the evidence of your hooker murdering is already out there for the world to see. Nothing can save you now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoWave View Post
    Dave, all the evidence of your hooker murdering is already out there for the world to see. Nothing can save you now!
    You know what is so ironic about this hooker murdering business, is that i am a big advocate for sex workers, legalizing prostitution and anti-human trafficking. I have no idea why I have made this online persona of a hooker murdering psychopath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    You don't even need to buy a ssl.

    Just generate a certificate on the machine and push the site through a cdn and use their ssl. All it does is validate that there is a certificate installed on your machine. Won't be a green bar...but it will be just as secure and hell of a lot cheaper.

    I have used cloudflare for this.
    I think we have a failure to communicate. The CSS is breaking when I switch to https. My guess is that some things are referencing http://broncosforums.com and not using relative pathing as it should be.

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    ah ok

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