JanAtheCPA
Beloved Grand Eagle
Dearest forum members,
On Saturday afternoon/evening/night, depending on your time zone (it was 4pm for me) at precisely 00:00 UTC, the security certificate for TMSwiki.org expired.
OOPS!
Forest renewed the certificate almost immediately (on the address bar, if you click the red shield or the lock with the red slash you can get to the updated information) but there are still issues, notably the security warnings whenever any tmswiki.org URL is accessed.
The bottom line is that our server software is pretty far out of date and and needs to be updated to the latest version and many parameters completely worked over to comply with the updates.
Unfortunately this is going to take time. Other than the insecure connection, the forum is still fully operational at this time, and I am logging in because the only sensitive information we enter is our forum password (and of course mine is, as yours should also be, completely unique for this site and not used anywhere else). However this is a personal decision on my part, and I can't encourage or expect others to follow. I'll keep an eye out for any suspicious posts, but that's something that I and several other alert folks already do (that's what the Report link is for at the bottom of every post).
This article from LifeWire is very informative - a few of the steps are not applicable since we know the issue is on our side, but be sure to read through to the end for the bottom line advice.
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-fix-connection-not-secure-error-4176358 (Here's How to Keep Your Browsing Safe on Firefox, Chrome, and More)
Update: the article recommends a browser add-on called HTTPS Everywhere, but apparently that is obsolete because browsers now have that option within their own settings. Here's a link to an article which explains how to enable that mode in your browser: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/set-https-default-your-browser (Set Up HTTPS by Default in Your Browser)
For now, please stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed and keep checking in. Forest will be providing more technical information and details.
On Saturday afternoon/evening/night, depending on your time zone (it was 4pm for me) at precisely 00:00 UTC, the security certificate for TMSwiki.org expired.
OOPS!
Forest renewed the certificate almost immediately (on the address bar, if you click the red shield or the lock with the red slash you can get to the updated information) but there are still issues, notably the security warnings whenever any tmswiki.org URL is accessed.
The bottom line is that our server software is pretty far out of date and and needs to be updated to the latest version and many parameters completely worked over to comply with the updates.
Unfortunately this is going to take time. Other than the insecure connection, the forum is still fully operational at this time, and I am logging in because the only sensitive information we enter is our forum password (and of course mine is, as yours should also be, completely unique for this site and not used anywhere else). However this is a personal decision on my part, and I can't encourage or expect others to follow. I'll keep an eye out for any suspicious posts, but that's something that I and several other alert folks already do (that's what the Report link is for at the bottom of every post).
This article from LifeWire is very informative - a few of the steps are not applicable since we know the issue is on our side, but be sure to read through to the end for the bottom line advice.
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-fix-connection-not-secure-error-4176358 (Here's How to Keep Your Browsing Safe on Firefox, Chrome, and More)
Update: the article recommends a browser add-on called HTTPS Everywhere, but apparently that is obsolete because browsers now have that option within their own settings. Here's a link to an article which explains how to enable that mode in your browser: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/set-https-default-your-browser (Set Up HTTPS by Default in Your Browser)
For now, please stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed and keep checking in. Forest will be providing more technical information and details.
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