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Originally Posted by jenny48549
I thought I answered this somewhere but just in case.
This version of vBulletin does not support SSL. The reason why vBulletin has not been upgraded yet is due to the fact that a large number of addons (hacks) that are used here that are essential for operation of Planet Suzy are not compatible with newer versions of vBulletin.
The plugins all have to be recoded to work with the newer versions because the original coders no longer support them.
I believe that this is being done but we have no timetable as far as completion.
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Do we know if any progress has been made with the plugins supporting HTTPS? It's pretty crazy that an awesome site like Planet Suzy doesn't support it in the year of our Lord 2021
. Don't get me wrong, I love old-school forums, but HTTPS is pretty much the new standard on the web.
For those arguing it isn't needed by the user: think of how many people reuse usernames/passwords across sites. Transmitting those in the clear just opens up so many PS users to attack. People like myself know not to reuse passwords, but you can't expect everyone to be a tech expert. Aside from that, I value my privacy. Even though my accounts are protected, it's not my ISP's business (or anyone's business) what I choose to spend my time doing
. HTTPS would fix that to a large degree.
For those saying it adds overhead: very technically, yes it does add overhead, but for any modern computer, that overhead is on a negligible timescale. We're talking fractions of a second. Admittedly, the real overhead is in the man-hours spent migrating the forums to support HTTPS, but the longer that is pushed off, the larger the technical debt becomes. What happens when browsers decide to stop supporting non-HTTPS sites altogether? I don't doubt it will happen eventually with the way Chrome and Firefox are pushing web standards, so why not get out in front of it and start the effort now?
I wish I were a web developer, or I'd offer my services for free. Although I don't post much at all, I have been using this site for a long time, and I love it; I would like to give back if I could. I certainly don't want to be one of those thankless leeches that demands even more from those that already give to them for free. I simply want to emphasize what (hopefully) most of the users want so that the admins will take notice.