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atomant
Posted: May 20 2005, 05:12 PM
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Hi!

I have setup Xmail Forum to run in SSL mode only with self-signed certificate. This is a small step to secure forum from possible attacks or password steel.


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Posted: May 20 2005, 11:55 PM
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Hi,

Is it realy needed to run in SSL mode ?
Don't know about other people but I get on every forum post
I click on a warning. Realy not do-able to keep clicking the Yes
button on every item.

Warning message is:

This page contains both secure and nonsecure items.
Do you want to display the nonsecure items.

I think it is the site meter at the upper right corner that I keep getting these warnings about. but those are verry anoying..

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Posted: May 21 2005, 10:50 AM
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QUOTE (nvandijk @ May 20 2005, 11:55 PM)
Hi,

Is it realy needed to run in SSL mode ?
Don't know about other people but I get on every forum post
I click on a warning. Realy not do-able to keep clicking the Yes
button on every item.

Warning message is:

This page contains both secure and nonsecure items.
Do you want to display the nonsecure items.

I think it is the site meter at the upper right corner that I keep getting these warnings about. but those are verry anoying..

Indeed they are, I can't find any option in IE to disable the warning message. I think it's indeed the visitor-counter. Maybe run something like webalizer for the stats?
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Posted: May 21 2005, 02:40 PM
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Yes, it is a counter. I use Mozilla so I can disable these kind of warnings.


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Posted: May 21 2005, 09:23 PM
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To disable this in IE:
  • Open the Tools Menu and select Internet Options
  • Click the Security tab
  • Click Custom Level
  • Near to the end of the list you'll find *Display Mixed Content*
  • Click Enable


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hschneider
Posted: May 22 2005, 12:10 AM
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I think we should offer both SSL and none-SSL. There are still alot of IE users out there. Experience shows that users don't adapt their browsers, they just keep away from a site wich produces permanent popups ...


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Posted: May 22 2005, 08:41 AM
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Well this is not possible due to the settings in the forum so you can use non SSL or SSL but not both so I choose SSL. For other users who still use IE - maybe it is a time to test drive Mozilla Firefox. image007.gif


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Posted: May 22 2005, 11:24 AM
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confused.gif The warning in IE is there fore a very good reason, and shouldn't just be disabled because one of your favourite websites begins to irritate during use.

I do use Firefox, at home, but in the office, I can't just install anything on the PC and am forced to use IE.

Some consideration is needed to make a site useable and appealing, and as hschneider says, people will move away because of the irritation.

I am minded to question what value the sitemeter has, once a forum becomes popular, we all know it gets lots of visitors. Either that or perhaps you could implement your own counter, from the same SSL secured site?

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Posted: May 22 2005, 01:26 PM
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The counter can be neglected - we should delete it.

It's more important to get new users. If we make the forum uncomfortable we will loose users and get less new ones.

I would also kick a forum that wants me to install a new browser ...

Security is surely a good thing, but it should not play a bigger role than comfort in a forum's context. It's up to the users to use other passwords than they have for their banking account. So with a hacked password no more damage than posting crap can be done ....





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Posted: May 22 2005, 02:45 PM
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Then BYE,BYE counter tongue.gif
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hschneider
Posted: May 22 2005, 04:07 PM
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Thanks master ! master.gif


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Posted: May 22 2005, 06:20 PM
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Sasa - thank you - much better smile.gif

I'm still getting the warning message box though, and I think it might have something to do with this image - http://xmail.marketmix.com/shared/xhead.gif

Harald - there is no easy way of putting this, but it seems it's the icon you have in all your postings confused.gif

Is there a way that these personal icons can be sourced from the same SSL secured site?

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Posted: May 22 2005, 06:42 PM
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Oops ... done!


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Posted: May 22 2005, 07:09 PM
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Excellent - thanks Harald - this thread is now working like a dream again, not checked others yet!
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Posted: May 29 2005, 08:20 AM
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To all users who host their own avatar images: Please edit your profile and upload them to the forum server !


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