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  1. #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by NRG View Post
    I understand but am intrigued as to what sensitive personal data you are sharing with theartofsound.net.... a HiFi discussion forum. You can browse Amazon and not need the connection to be encrypted but as soon as you log in then the connection is encrypted, naturally as your CC details, full name and address are available, but a HiFi forum? There are articles saying the opposite as well, encrypting every connection is not realistic and essentially unnecessary.


    that was my thoughts as well, but thought I would leave it to experts, of which I aint one
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

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  2. #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    As for the techy/computer geekery Sam was referring to, it's all Double-Dutch to me, so I've no idea what he is getting at.

    Marco.
    Me neither. I copy and pasted it...

    But reading the english, it looks as though the certificate is one used by Parallels Panel - if you google it, its a webhosting company, probably what this is hosted by. Self-signed implies that you can validate it yourself without it being on some kind of registered and approved database. The english of the code in the error looks as though it goes off to check the certificate against a database and it's throwing up an error because it can't find it on there.

    Sounds like just the small details of web hosting to me, just a little tidying to do if Nick feels it's necessary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
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    that was my thoughts as well, but thought I would leave it to experts, of which I aint one
    Haha - The internet is so full of contradictory advice from equally qualified experts that we can now pick and choose the advice according to what we already do and what we already think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Advent View Post
    Who says I am? I'm not saying I am. My original post says that I found out by accident - normally I type two letters of the url and autocomplete in my browser brings up artofsound.net in plain old http.

    This one time I used https accidentally - it was suggested for me but not as per the usual autocomplete - and it comes up with this. So I came here to let people know, community and all that.

    But all the same in general, even if it is unnecessary in some cases, it is generally better practice to get into the habbit of using https so that when it IS worthwhile you do it out of habbit and take not when a site is not secure - e.g. you might pass financial details over PM on here whilst in some dodgy internet cafe.
    I wasn't saying you where! It was rhetorical. Your community spirt is admirable though, keep it up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Advent View Post
    But reading the english, it looks as though the certificate is one used by Parallels Panel - if you google it, its a webhosting company, probably what this is hosted by.
    Except that I've never heard of Parallels Panel, and they are certainly not the site's hosts, unless they're part of a sister company or something.

    Sounds like just the small details of web hosting to me, just a little tidying to do if Nick feels it's necessary.
    Well, if that's the case it will most certainly be sorted out. Anyway, thanks for alerting us to this

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  6. #16
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    Default Security certificate, using https: - seems to be invalid and old.

    Thanks for raising this - to be honest the forum was never configured for HTTPS access, and we've never tested it. Parallels Plesk is a system that runs on the server and allows people like me to configure various backend bits without having to worry about getting too handy with code etc. It handles certificate storage for secure sites running Plesk.

    The certificate (self signed) needs to be regenerated at some point for my own benefit but it shouldn't affect the site itself - I need to make sure that the server isn't configured to announce itself as an allowing HTTPS so that 'HTTPS Anywhere' and the like doesn't try and establish a secure connection.

    Not sure how long that'll take so bear with me...
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    Nice one, Nick. Thanks for looking into this. I look forward to seeing what the outcome is

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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    I have disabled SSL / HTTPS. Connections to The Art of Sound should always be via http://theartofsound.net - it would be useful if the original poster could confirm that their connections no longer default to trying for a secure connection. Attempting to connect directly to https://theartofsound.net will no longer be accepted. I'll have a look this evening and see if I can set up a redirect to send https:// connections back to our usual http:// site, for neatness's sake.
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    That would be interesting if I knew what it meant, or how it impacts upon/changes what Sam was getting at in his opening post...

    Marco.
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    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  10. #20
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    Comes up refused to connect Nick as it should.
    Regards,
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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