- Beardie name(s)
- Cailyth, Pinky, & Brain
Hey everyone...
Some of you may know that I'm an information security guy with my day job. As such, I've been working behind the scenes to prepare the website to convert over to SSL. What does this mean? It means that all (assuming I didn't miss something) your browsing on BeardedDragon.org will be over an encrypted communication. While most people don't care if their "bearded dragon conversations" are secure, this also covers ensuring that your password is secure every time you login.
So, you should notice the little "https" or "lock" symbol indicating the site is now encrypted. Pages with images posted (including signatures) may not show a perfectly secure page, because pictures from other sites that are shown on the page are not usually encrypted.
This is part of an overall effort by many websites to make EVERYTHING we do on the web secure and encrypted, because we simply never know which thing we posted or said could be an issue. If someone wants your data, I want them to have a warrant and request it... not just find a way to snoop it. And yes, that includes the US's own NSA.
Perfect? Nah. But a good step in the right direction.
Btw, if you experience any problems on the site (stuff that looks broken), please let me know by replying on this thread!
Safe Browsing!
-Alex
(BeardedDragon.org founder, administrator, and fellow beardie enthusiast)
Some of you may know that I'm an information security guy with my day job. As such, I've been working behind the scenes to prepare the website to convert over to SSL. What does this mean? It means that all (assuming I didn't miss something) your browsing on BeardedDragon.org will be over an encrypted communication. While most people don't care if their "bearded dragon conversations" are secure, this also covers ensuring that your password is secure every time you login.
So, you should notice the little "https" or "lock" symbol indicating the site is now encrypted. Pages with images posted (including signatures) may not show a perfectly secure page, because pictures from other sites that are shown on the page are not usually encrypted.
This is part of an overall effort by many websites to make EVERYTHING we do on the web secure and encrypted, because we simply never know which thing we posted or said could be an issue. If someone wants your data, I want them to have a warrant and request it... not just find a way to snoop it. And yes, that includes the US's own NSA.
Perfect? Nah. But a good step in the right direction.
Btw, if you experience any problems on the site (stuff that looks broken), please let me know by replying on this thread!
Safe Browsing!
-Alex
(BeardedDragon.org founder, administrator, and fellow beardie enthusiast)