Any plans to add https to the site?
06-06-2016, 07:05 PM
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Any plans to add https to the site?
As a computer/networking guy, it is kind of scary to see a site that uses logins not using https in this day and age - is there any plan to add https to the site? I was happy to see that there is an option to use MultiFactor authentication on login, but that only goes so far when all of the traffic is sent unencrypted.
06-08-2016, 03:14 PM
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As a computer/networking guy, it is kind of scary to see a site that uses logins not using https in this day and age - is there any plan to add https to the site? I was happy to see that there is an option to use MultiFactor authentication on login, but that only goes so far when all of the traffic is sent unencrypted.
06-08-2016, 07:31 PM
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In order to make our sites https we have to have only https images and videos embedded on the site.
So it is easier for sites like facebook or twitter to add https because they host all images and content shared on their page. If anyone on the forums shares an image link from a site that isn't https, our site can then not be https.
We are looking at options for this and may cache all images locally so that we can work around that issue. It is on the list of things to do and we may simply start with only a few pages as https and all the thread pages are not.
So it is easier for sites like facebook or twitter to add https because they host all images and content shared on their page. If anyone on the forums shares an image link from a site that isn't https, our site can then not be https.
We are looking at options for this and may cache all images locally so that we can work around that issue. It is on the list of things to do and we may simply start with only a few pages as https and all the thread pages are not.