Dear Forum members and visitors,

last week I got the message from my hoster and provider Xobor, that the technical preconditions are now given to encrypt our Forum and to enable the option to get a safe access to the Forum via HTTPS. After having read this info, I initiated the HTTPS switch procedure last Wednesday (11.10.2017) by hitting the related button of the Admin software.

According to the latest news I got from Xobor it will only take a few days until our site will be accessable via HTTPS. So please be patient. As soon as everything works flawlessly, I will let you know it.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@chinobino:
Which url address did you enter into the address bar?
Updated at 10/20/2017:
It should be https://www.win-raid.com

I am using Chrome and do not get any error message.

Update:
This is what my hoster has written:

Zitat von Xobor

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The HTTPS/SSL Certificate for your Forum has been ordered. We expect it within the next 24 hours.

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@chinobino:
According to my hoster the HTTPS/SSL Certificate problem should be resolved within the next hours.

Zitat von chinobino im Beitrag #7

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Ok well it still is not working for me.

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Zitat von chinobino im Beitrag #7

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Common Name: *.xobor.de
DNS Name: *.xobor.de
Do you own this domain as well?

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Yesterday I contacted my hoster Xobor regarding the HTTPS/SSL certificate.
I got the following information:
1. Until now only the Administration part of the Win-RAID Forum is accessable via HTTPS.
2. Within the next week the HTTPS/SSL certificate will be activated for the complete Forum.

@chinobino:
@CodeRush:
@myDNA:
To make it easier for everyone to find the related information at one place, I have created today this new thread within the Sub-Forum "News/Announcements", copied your posts into it and then deleted the formerly used and now dispensable threads.
I hope, that this is ok for you.

@all Forum members:
To give you the possibility to post your opinion/comment into this thread, I just gave all Forum members the right to post into the existing threads of the Sub-Forum "News/Announcements".

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@ all Forum members and visitors:

Since the provider Xobor has now finished the required preparations, I have enabled today (10/20/2017) for all users the option to join the Forum via HTTPS.
From now on everyone can get access to the encrypted and secure Forum by entering https://www.win-raid.com into the address bar. To avoid, that the users cannot join the Forum, because they haven't gotten knowledge about the switch from the HTTP to the HTTPS protocol, the Forum is running until further notice in hybrid mode. That means, that it will be still accessible for a while via HTTP.

Please give me your feedback, if you should encounter any HTTPS related problem.

If everything should work fine for everyone, I intend to do in 1-2 weeks the final step and disable the current hybrid mode. Henceforward the Forum will not be accessible anymore via HTTP.

Enjoy the enhanced security of the Win-RAID Forum!

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@all Forum members:
Since I haven't seen any error report until now, the yesterday activated option to get access to this Forum via HTTPS protocol seems to work fine.
Nevertheless I expect some minor issues and the related error messages while running the Forum in HTTPS mode:

• Possibly affected are Forum sites, which contain any link to a non-HTTPS internet address. In these cases the green slot and the word "Secure" within the URL address bar are replaced by a circled "i" (= info, detailed message: "This site is not secure" or similar). It can be caused by an inserted file or picture, which was/is hosted externally by using a not encrypted (HTTP) protocol.
  Note: Not affected by this issue are files and pictures, which were attached/inserted in the past by using the Forum software according >this< guide. All these old internal links have already been automaticly switched to the HTTPS protocol by our hoster Xobor. According to our hoster the same applies to linked pictures, which are/were hosted by Xobor's partner site addPics.com.