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Server connections (and SSL/HTTPS)
« on: 2011-06-09, 20:00:54 »
I apologize if anyone this afternoon noticed the forum being inaccessible for a minute at a time here and there. I'm messing around on the server and trying not to affect the forum, but apache is being a pain. I'll probably finish what I was doing another time.
« Last Edit: 2011-06-09, 23:33:58 by Sir Edward »
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Re: Server connections
« Reply #1 on: 2011-06-09, 23:33:27 »

OK, I think I have it working for the time being. What I was trying to do was get SSL working, with some of the configs not set up right. :) Funny how you have to get it right before it'll work correctly.

Anyway, what this means is that if you're on the road, such as using a hotel's wifi connection, you might want to use a secure connection to sites you log into... and now you can do that here.

https://modernchivalry.org/forum/

Your web browser will give you warnings about it being untrusted. Just say yes to it and go through. It's a self-signed certificate, since I didn't want to pay for an official one, so you'll get those warnings.
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Re: Server connections (and SSL/HTTPS)
« Reply #2 on: 2011-06-10, 02:04:47 »
way cool thanks

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Re: Server connections (and SSL/HTTPS)
« Reply #3 on: 2011-06-10, 13:57:08 »
Cool, thanks Sir Edward. Yesterday I overheard a coworker in a nearby cube say "Ah! Would you stop doing what I tell you to do, and start doing what I WANT you to do?" (when fussing at her computer/code).

A note for the Internet Explorer uses - the colors will argue with you. To go to the site, you have to click the red text/icon that says "Take me to the site anyway", instead of the green one that cancels going to it.
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