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morphis

Member

Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3

HTTPS Connection for the forum

Hey boys!
Today I tried to connect to the forum via HTTPS, but it doesn't work. It seems that there is only a certificate for the main site 'www.archlinux.org'. Is there any possibilty to create a certificate for the forum, too?
redards, morphis

Finkregh

Member

From: Germany/Hannover

Registered: 2007-12-04

Posts: 44

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

or perhaps an alias to access the forums via www.archlinux.org/bbs/ :>

dunno how far the punBB works with such an alias...

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

Submit a feature request, if you need it badly.

byte

Member

From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

Although I like the idea, I don't think it'll get done anytime soon. The server load would probably be too much.

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jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

Although I like the idea, I don't think it'll get done anytime soon. The server load would probably be too much.

SSL adds quite a lot of overhead to the server. Not really ideal for a simple forum like this. I dunno who is paying the bandwidth bill, but u may wanna try bribing them.

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Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

This has been brought up before.
Search the forum.
Not gonna happen.

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vilefridge

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Registered: 2006-11-02

Posts: 95

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

This is definitely something I'd like to see.  Nearly everything requiring a login these days make use of SSL.  Since Archlinux is so "bleeding edge", how come we're behind?

Last edited by vilefridge (2008-06-14 19:56:53)

Berticus

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: HTTPS Connection for the forum

https would only be necessary if you had sensitive data here or if you use the same password here as everywhere else.  https would be overkill in my opinion.  Just use a different password than you do with your email or any account that handles sensitive data.  That's what I do.