+capsai Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 As the title say, let the pictures speak: Normal HTTP: With HTTPS: Please fix this. Quote Link to comment
+capsai Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 The "Corrected Coordinates"-Function also does not work on a HTTPS-Connection... Nothing happened when you click on submit... Quote Link to comment
+frinklabs Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Are you finding links on the site that are explicitly pointing at https: or are you changing the URL yourself? Quote Link to comment
+capsai Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 I use the HTTPS-Everywhere Addon in Firefox, but the problem occurs also when i type in the HTTPS-URL manually. Quote Link to comment
+frinklabs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) It sounds like you might have to write a rule within the add-on for those problematic URLs. The authenticated-by-a-certification-authority SSL certificates aren't free. Non-implementation of https on servers that don't process confidential information might be a financial decision by Groundspeak. EDIT: The issue might not be financial. Examination of the certificate issued at their web store shows it is a wildcard certificate which means they could theoretically deploy it on any server whose URL ends with .geocaching.com (unless they bought a wildcard certificate with a limited number of subject names). The issue could be technical/administrative; when you add another subject name to the certificate and re-key it, that new cert has to be reinstalled on all the servers on which it is currently in use. Edited April 20, 2015 by frinklabs Quote Link to comment
+capsai Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 It sounds like you might have to write a rule within the add-on for those problematic URLs. The problem also occurs with deactivated plugin... Quote Link to comment
+frinklabs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 It sounds like you might have to write a rule within the add-on for those problematic URLs. The problem also occurs with deactivated plugin... It won't ever work, plugin or no, unless Groundspeak enables SSL on all their web servers. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 For reading a blog, is ssl really necessary??? Quote Link to comment
ertyu Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The problem actually gets worse if you try to link to specific articles or archives, you end up with a 404. Certainly SSL isn't required, but it's offered and it's not working. It's also becoming a more and more important item. Quote Link to comment
ertyu Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 After stumbling across this post and error, I end up discovering it's linked to other errors I've been experiencing on the site. The HTTPS Everywhere add-on has geocaching.com set enabled by default and when enabled the site is not redirected to SSL, but certain things within the page appear to be redirected to SSL and then silently stop working. Quote Link to comment
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