Oct 4, 2016 09:57 AM
(This post was last modified: Oct 4, 2016 10:04 AM by Omniscient.)
Made all the necessary changes so that HF is served HTTPS.
I did it because I'm tired of being badgered about it. I don't think even one account was ever stolen from MiTM but noobs like to believe they're more secure with HTTPS and yes, that's true but it's incredible minor risk.
But now you noobs who are so dang worried about your encrypted connection can use HF with HTTPS which is now the default. MyBB forces me to either go all-in with HTTPS or not at all. It wasn't designed to be mixed content or for use with HTTPS. I've done my best to make the adjustments.
I may go a step further and HTTPS force with htaccess. Unfortunately I think all current site links by members will be regular HTTP. Unsure how long a query to replace all instances of non-http to the https would take but I gotta believe a LONG time. Hmm...just realized I can use the MyBB word filter. That should work.
Best option to see if you're HTTPS is the index page. You should see the secure lock. If you don't then F5 refresh your browser. Your CSS might be cached.
https://hackforums.net
If you're getting errors or pages with broken SSL please post but I was fairly thorough.
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Instructions for those with broken security locks.
Try to go to these pages and F5 refresh each of them:
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/global.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/tabbed.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/modcp.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/them...thread.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/them...atings.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/usercp.css
You'll know if you're seeing the new content if you see the URL as this:
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So, go celebrate or kiss ass or complain...whatever you do. It's done.
Enjoy.
I did it because I'm tired of being badgered about it. I don't think even one account was ever stolen from MiTM but noobs like to believe they're more secure with HTTPS and yes, that's true but it's incredible minor risk.
But now you noobs who are so dang worried about your encrypted connection can use HF with HTTPS which is now the default. MyBB forces me to either go all-in with HTTPS or not at all. It wasn't designed to be mixed content or for use with HTTPS. I've done my best to make the adjustments.
I may go a step further and HTTPS force with htaccess. Unfortunately I think all current site links by members will be regular HTTP. Unsure how long a query to replace all instances of non-http to the https would take but I gotta believe a LONG time. Hmm...just realized I can use the MyBB word filter. That should work.
Best option to see if you're HTTPS is the index page. You should see the secure lock. If you don't then F5 refresh your browser. Your CSS might be cached.
https://hackforums.net
If you're getting errors or pages with broken SSL please post but I was fairly thorough.
------------
Instructions for those with broken security locks.
Try to go to these pages and F5 refresh each of them:
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/global.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/tabbed.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/modcp.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/them...thread.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/them...atings.css
https://hackforums.net/cache/themes/theme5/usercp.css
You'll know if you're seeing the new content if you see the URL as this:
Quote:background: url(//hackforums.netInstead of this:
Quote:background: url(https://hackforums.net
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So, go celebrate or kiss ass or complain...whatever you do. It's done.
Enjoy.




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