Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:

>
> Thanks for pointing this out; this will teach me to test connections
> from outside my office as well as here ;). I hadn't enabled port 443 for
> that IP via the firewall, so it was blocked to anyone but me (my IP is
> whitelisted).
>
> Working now, I hope!
>

I just noticed that the newsgroup log-in page-- using the web interface (and
Firefox)-- is still not secure (no  https there, as far as I can see, and the
little 'lock' logo has a line through it). Should it be secured as well?

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On 15/09/2018 04:33, Kenneth wrote:
> I just noticed that the newsgroup log-in page-- using the web interface (and
> Firefox)-- is still not secure (no  https there, as far as I can see, and the
> little 'lock' logo has a line through it). Should it be secured as well?
Technically it was, but you needed to manually visit the HTTPS site
(i.e. https://www.povray.org/). I just tweaked the site config so that
anyone landing on http://www.povray.org/community gets redirected to the
secure version. Hopefully this won't have any unintended side-effects as
there's several other server rules that apply to that path. If you see
anything misbehaving please let me know.

-- Chris

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On 14/09/2018 19:47, Chris Cason wrote:
> On 15/09/2018 04:33, Kenneth wrote:
>> I just noticed that the newsgroup log-in page-- using the web interface (and
>> Firefox)-- is still not secure (no  https there, as far as I can see, and the
>> little 'lock' logo has a line through it). Should it be secured as well?
> Technically it was, but you needed to manually visit the HTTPS site
> (i.e. https://www.povray.org/). I just tweaked the site config so that
> anyone landing on http://www.povray.org/community gets redirected to the
> secure version. Hopefully this won't have any unintended side-effects as
> there's several other server rules that apply to that path. If you see
> anything misbehaving please let me know.
> 
> -- Chris
> 

Sorry


The connection has timed out

The server at www.povray.org is taking too long to respond.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 14/09/2018 19:47, Chris Cason wrote:
>
> ...Hopefully this won't have any unintended side-effects as
> > there's several other server rules that apply to that path. If you see
> > anything misbehaving please let me know.
> >
> > -- Chris
> >
>
> Sorry
>
>
> The connection has timed out
>
> The server at www.povray.org is taking too long to respond.
>

That's strange; everything is working OK for me. I tested both the original
unsecured
       http://news.povray.org/groups/
page, and the new secured one.  (That's generally how I get to the newsgroups.)
In both cases, when I fire-up a fresh Firefox, go to the 'groups' page, then go
to this particular message thread and log-in to leave a message (this one, in
fact!), the log-in page is now secure, and with no time-out. I also tried going
*directly* to an old POV-Ray message thread that I bookmarked-- thus by-passing
any other newsgroup related web pages-- and the new scheme still works.

[I have Firefox set to erase passwords and such when I exit it , if that has
anything to do with the problem. I don't keep the program active all the time.]

Or maybe it's a web-portal vs. newsreader problem?

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On 15-9-2018 0:35, Kenneth wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 14/09/2018 19:47, Chris Cason wrote:
>>
>> ...Hopefully this won't have any unintended side-effects as
>>> there's several other server rules that apply to that path. If you see
>>> anything misbehaving please let me know.
>>>
>>> -- Chris
>>>
>>
>> Sorry
>>
>>
>> The connection has timed out
>>
>> The server at www.povray.org is taking too long to respond.
>>
> 
> That's strange; everything is working OK for me. I tested both the original
> unsecured
>         http://news.povray.org/groups/
> page, and the new secured one.  (That's generally how I get to the newsgroups.)
> In both cases, when I fire-up a fresh Firefox, go to the 'groups' page, then go
> to this particular message thread and log-in to leave a message (this one, in
> fact!), the log-in page is now secure, and with no time-out. I also tried going
> *directly* to an old POV-Ray message thread that I bookmarked-- thus by-passing
> any other newsgroup related web pages-- and the new scheme still works.
> 
> [I have Firefox set to erase passwords and such when I exit it , if that has
> anything to do with the problem. I don't keep the program active all the time.]
> 
> Or maybe it's a web-portal vs. newsreader problem?
> 

Same here. It works without a glitch.

Be sure to delete the 'old' addresses to avoid confusion in you 
bookmarks file.


-- 
Thomas

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On 15/09/2018 07:41, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 15-9-2018 0:35, Kenneth wrote:
>> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>>> On 14/09/2018 19:47, Chris Cason wrote:
>>>
>>> ...Hopefully this won't have any unintended side-effects as
>>>> there's several other server rules that apply to that path. If you see
>>>> anything misbehaving please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> -- Chris
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry
>>>
>>>
>>> The connection has timed out
>>>
>>> The server at www.povray.org is taking too long to respond.
>>>
>>
>> That's strange; everything is working OK for me. I tested both the 
>> original
>> unsecured


>> newsgroups.)
>> In both cases, when I fire-up a fresh Firefox, go to the 'groups' 
>> page, then go
>> to this particular message thread and log-in to leave a message (this 
>> one, in
>> fact!), the log-in page is now secure, and with no time-out. I also 
>> tried going
>> *directly* to an old POV-Ray message thread that I bookmarked-- thus 
>> by-passing
>> any other newsgroup related web pages-- and the new scheme still works.
>>
>> [I have Firefox set to erase passwords and such when I exit it , if 
>> that has
>> anything to do with the problem. I don't keep the program active all 
>> the time.]
>>
>> Or maybe it's a web-portal vs. newsreader problem?
>>
> 
> Same here. It works without a glitch.
> 

I get onto the site now. Maybe three of us were trying to access it at 
the same time. ;)


> Be sure to delete the 'old' addresses to avoid confusion in you 
> bookmarks file.
> 
> 

I changed them to https instead

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Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:

>
> I get onto the site now. Maybe three of us were trying to access it at
> the same time. ;)
>

Network overload!!

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On 2018-09-10 10:32 AM (-4), Chris Cason wrote:
> Folks,
>
> SSL access to the forums is now enabled: https://news.povray.org/
>
> -- Chris

The Object Collection (lib.povray.org) does not work with HTTPS.

Also, I am not getting redirected from the old URLs, though I don't know 
if it's a problem on my end.

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On 16/09/2018 01:24, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2018-09-10 10:32 AM (-4), Chris Cason wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> SSL access to the forums is now enabled: https://news.povray.org/
>>
>> -- Chris
> 
> The Object Collection (lib.povray.org) does not work with HTTPS.
> 
> Also, I am not getting redirected from the old URLs, though I don't know 
> if it's a problem on my end.
> 

Chris said it was just the one address that redirected you.
http://www.povray.org/community


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Regards
     Stephen

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On 15/09/2018 23:41, Kenneth wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I get onto the site now. Maybe three of us were trying to access it at
>> the same time. ;)
>>
> 
> Network overload!!
> 

Stress test. :)


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Regards
     Stephen

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