SSL Forums -- The Future of Safety

[Dustin Verley]

Alright, I was just wondering. Has anybody ever put an SSL Certificate up for forum registration, just for extra safety. I am thinking about doing it for my phpBB forums so everybody will feel safe. The only thing is, I dont know if its a good idea. Rumors are going around that phpBB is planning for in the phpBB 4.x releases that it will include stability coding that it will REQUIRE an SSL cert, any opinions or thoughts?

[beley]

I don't really see the point. The only information you have to give is your email address and what username you want. I give my email address to sign up for newsletters all the time and they're not protected by SSL.

I've registered at dozens of online communities and never worried about it not being secure. Now if I had to give my birthday, social security number, driver's license, credit card or other personal or financial data I would be very concerned about security.

[Brian S]

Why would you encrypt information that is usually available PUBLICLY? :confused:

[krisandTia]

instead of encrypting the site why don't you buy a product that verifies the domain. So people can see that you are who you say you are.

There is a product called Verified domains and they are quite cheap.

Look on the left of this page to see what i mean (halfway down).
www.ssl-certificates.com

it is quite a neat product.

Kris

SSL Expert

(well i think i am anyway)

[sandip]

Hi All,

I have developed simple JSF login application using Tomcat 5.5.
I have edited server.xml file for accessing my URL as HTTPS://
So HTTPS is working but that is coming for all pages.
I want HTTPS for only login page.Once I login then url should be HTTP://
So any idea how to do this ?

Do I need to do anything in web.xml of application.
OR
Is there any other way.

Thanks in advance
sandip patil

[iamliam]

Hi All,

I have developed simple JSF login application using Tomcat 5.5.
I have edited server.xml file for accessing my URL as HTTPS://
So HTTPS is working but that is coming for all pages.
I want HTTPS for only login page.Once I login then url should be HTTP://
So any idea how to do this ?

Do I need to do anything in web.xml of application.
OR
Is there any other way.

Thanks in advance
sandip patil

I think it's best you create your own post, instead of digging up something from last year that's totally unrelated?

[ThinkSupport]

Basically there is no need of SSL for forum.