https://forums.sabnzbd.org/ not accessible anymore?

[sander]

I can't access https://forums.sabnzbd.org/ , but I can access http://forums.sabnzbd.org/

Problems with HTTPS?

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sander@toverdoos:~$ lynx --dump https://forums.sabnzbd.org/

Looking up forums.sabnzbd.org
Making HTTPS connection to forums.sabnzbd.org
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.

lynx: Can't access startfile https://forums.sabnzbd.org/
sander@toverdoos:~$ 


sander@toverdoos:~$ lynx --dump http://forums.sabnzbd.org/ | head -5
   [1]Skip to content
   [2]Usenet

   Search…___________ Search
   [3]Advanced search
sander@toverdoos:~$

[inpheaux]

https for the forums had to die. Options were "Keep SSL, but be completely unreachable whenever traffic spikes" or "Use CloudFlare and have to give up SSL". Barely anyone used SSL for the forums, so it was tough to justify keeping it.

If there's enough demand we can look at getting a paid CloudFlare account to bring back SSL, but their cheap tier would only get us a signed-by-CloudFlare cert.

[sander]

OK, clear.

I prefer to do as much as possible of my traffic with personal stuff over HTTPS.

For now, I will change my bookmarks. Oh, wait: I hope [email protected] has now also stopped sending https-URLs? I checked my mailbox, and searching for "https://forums.sabnzbd.org/" gives thousands of hits. All those URLs are now unusable for me ... :-(

Sander

[inpheaux]

I'm pretty sure phpbb sends emails based on whichever domain you logged in through last, so new URLs should be http not https. If you find this isn't the case, let me know and I should be able to force it.

[sander]

I'm pretty sure phpbb sends emails based on whichever domain you logged in through last, so new URLs should be http not https.

Yep, that works. Thanks for your clarification.

[inpheaux]

Playing with some options we may have to get around this issue. We may be able to go with an option where SSL works until we're under heavy load and have to turn on CloudFlare for the forum.