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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
(9,225 posts)Thanks!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,965 posts)still_one
(92,061 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,967 posts)elleng
(130,759 posts)unblock
(52,126 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)sheshe2
(83,658 posts)nolabear
(41,936 posts)hibbing
(10,095 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,523 posts)Good luck!
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,965 posts)So your first page request via bookmark may be insecure but any browsing expanding out from there on the site is https.
BumRushDaShow
(128,523 posts)and/or do it within their own server code.
So glad you're doing this.
red dog 1
(27,783 posts)RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Dorn
(523 posts)That'll never happen.
ffr
(22,665 posts)Thank you.
byronius
(7,391 posts)Then shall we go forth.
Love this place.
DinahMoeHum
(21,774 posts)It bears repeating: YOU GUYS ROCK !!
elmac
(4,642 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)For doing this and for the heads up 🙂
SharonAnn
(13,771 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
(16,373 posts)Let me know if you want to "friend",
mopinko
(70,023 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
(7,533 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 31, 2017, 03:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Let's make things Pooty-proof.
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)pecosbob
(7,533 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
(16,373 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
(16,373 posts)I won't freak out when it happens. We DU addicts get punchy during outages.
edhopper
(33,486 posts)you Rusky bastards!
👍🏼👍🏼
malaise
(268,717 posts)red dog 1
(27,783 posts)(You can't have too much security these days)
ornotna
(10,795 posts)Thanks guys.
DippyDem
(659 posts)58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Tee it up on the red(tater)s from there...
mopinko
(70,023 posts)and for the guy holding the ban hammer.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)this site EVOLVES.....yes INDEED
Hekate
(90,564 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
(11,605 posts)Dam Russian hackers.
littlemissmartypants
(22,593 posts)sueh
(1,824 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)You guys do an outstanding job. Thanks!
BigOleDummy
(2,268 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
(6,347 posts)Now I won't totally freak out when it goes down... provided it comes back quickly!!
IndianaDave
(612 posts)RainCaster
(10,842 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
(204,796 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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