Going HTTPS / SSL

weatherist34 · 20 January 2017 18:39

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Weather-Watch forum has been accessible as an HTTPS (SSL) web site for a little while but I’ve done some tidying up today to try to make all parts of the site use HTTPS. If you’re still using the vanilla HTTP version why not try adding an ‘s’ to the URL. It shouldn’t look any different but you’ll hopefully get a warm fuzzy feeling inside because your online life is a little more secure from prying eyes.

One thing that I can’t change is that there are many banners/links to user web sites that are still HTTP. If your own web site is HTTPS capable why not update your Forum banner/links. If your site is still using HTTP then take a look at LetsEncrypt - https://letsencrypt.org/ You can get a free SSL certificate for your web site there and there are instructions for how to use the certificate. I guess some people who use hosted web servers might not be able to make the change, but even then it might be worth asking your hosting provider how you can SSL enable your site using LetsEncrypt.

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