When I use https:// to access vbforums.com I get the following error and the page will not load:
An error occurred during a connection to www.vbforums.com. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
It'll be added to the site at some point in the near future.
It's now been a year since the issue of https was first raised!
Last edited by 2kaud; Mar 18th, 2018 at 06:32 AM.
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It'll be added to the site at some point in the near future.
In all honesty it is getting embarrassing that something as simple and necessary as https is still not implemented on a developer forum. People coming here should not being seeing such poor practices when they are supposedly learning how to do things correctly.
Https is a fundamental thing for any website that accepts any sort of information, especially if usernames and passwords are involved. Anyone running modern versions of chrome are already seeing a "not secure" message (see attached screen clipping) and this is only going to get worse in the future.
In all honesty it is getting embarrassing that something as simple and necessary as https is still not implemented on a developer forum. People coming here should not being seeing such poor practices when they are supposedly learning how to do things correctly.
Https is a fundamental thing for any website that accepts any sort of information, especially if usernames and passwords are involved. Anyone running modern versions of chrome are already seeing a "not secure" message (see attached screen clipping) and this is only going to get worse in the future.
I agree 100% and it is already getting worse. In Firefox, in addition to the little unsecure Lock to the left of the URL bar (like Chrome) when I focus the Username or Password field to login, I get a big drop down, explaining the lack of security. This is 2018, even forums about more mundane topics are using SSL now. This might actually be the last website in existence that doesn't at least have SSL as an option when logging in.
In Firefox, in addition to the little unsecure Lock to the left of the URL bar (like Chrome) when I focus the Username or Password field to login, I get a big drop down, explaining the lack of security.
I've had this for a year now (reported 18 March 2017 via Codeguru)! The last update was 3 Jan 2018.
We're working on implementing https on the forums. It should be completed in the next month or two.
Suggestions for a non-celebration of the anniversary?
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I would imagine it has more to do with their ads and everything else embedded than them simply not adding the https to the site. If all they had to do was add the cert and create the redirect, I'm sure it would have been done a long time ago.
As nice as the site is, their bottom line is the almighty dollar and if they lose a bunch of their advertisers because they switch to https and those ads don't support https, I would imagine the admins would get a bit of a slap.
There had been plans to get the certificate applied to this site and CG last year. I'm no longer with QuinStreet (Site owners), so I can't speak for them. As was mentioned above, the HTTPS is primarily a certificate issue. On a lot of sites it is also making sure any hard coded URLs don't have http in them on the site. This, however, can also be handled with redirects. Adding the HTTPS support isn't rocket science and there are entities that will provide certificates at low to no cost.
It really is something that the site owners should have already put in place. As to advertisers, they are having to deal with this on other sites, so it shouldn't be anything new here. Not having HTTPS is also something that has the potential of hurting SEO rankings, so there are a lot of reasons to get this done.
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It'll be added to the site at some point in the near future.
and even after the 'upgrade', there's still no sign of https. anything further to be seen from the crystal ball?
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This site hasn't been through the upgrade/server relocation
I thought I saw an admin message saying it was to be upgraded last weekend?
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p.s. Also, I seem to have a "rash" of posts trying to be posted more than once when I submit it, like my mouse might be bouncing or double-clicking on the submit button.
Last edited by passel; Jul 18th, 2018 at 04:52 PM.
The code is still there (you can see it if you quote the post), it just isn't being displayed properly... the [Code] tags work properly, but the [HIGHLIGHT=vb.net] doesn't
p.s. Also, I seem to have a "rash" of posts trying to be posted more than once when I submit it, like my mouse might be bouncing or double-clicking on the submit button.
Still no https though, and I got a whole bunch of PHP warnings when I logged in. They went away once the page refreshed so I didn't get a screen shot of them.
p.s. Also, I seem to have a "rash" of posts trying to be posted more than once when I submit it, like my mouse might be bouncing or double-clicking on the submit button.
Chrome 68 is being rolled out today, after mine updated I now get this displayed, given how long ago google announced they were going to do this it really should be sorted. It honestly looks poor for a forum about programming, that supposedly advocates best practices, to be flagged in this manner.
Chrome 68 is being rolled out today, after mine updated I now get this displayed, given how long ago google announced they were going to do this it really should be sorted. It honestly looks poor for a forum about programming, that supposedly advocates best practices, to be flagged in this manner.
A similar message from Firefox has been displayed for over a year! I first raised it 18 March 2017 on a sister forum.
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A similar message from Firefox has been displayed for over a year! I first raised it 18 March 2017 on a sister forum.
I suppose it isn't too bad then, given the current browser statistics it is only going to be about 90% of browsers that will get the error, hardly worth bothering about
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