[Leica] https://

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Yes, I hope I expressed that. I don't use email from my site, I sell
nothing at this point, and no one needs to open anything with a password
that could be compromised.

Certificates cost a minimum of 60 bucks a year, a bargain if you do
commerce, but I don't.

Thanks for the clarification.

SonC


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 6:17 PM Christopher Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> The SSLs offered free by hosts are usually a blanket SSL that covers the
> entire server, which will have hundreds of sites sharing it. Because a
> proper SSL certificate specifies the name of the site and its owner, these
> blanket SSLs will often give a "this site's security is not configured
> properly" error to users. If you need SSL, you should buy an SSL
> certificate for your site. I would suggest that since your site does not
> take money or ask for personal info from visitors, that it would be a waste
> of money.
>
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-437-8990
>
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>
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>
> ?On 10/23/18, 2:54 PM, "LUG on behalf of Sonny Carter via LUG"
> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>      For those of you running your own website; I received a call from
> Network
>     Solutions advising me that they could sell me a ssl certificate at a
>     discount to make my site secure, that is, I would add https: to the
> front
>     of my domain name. It was pretty pricey, but since it was coming as a
> phone
>     call, I declined the offer. I then checked with my host provider,
> Avahost,
>     and they told me they had already provided my certificate. I went to
>     https://www.sonc.com/look
>     <
> https://www.sonc.com/look?fbclid=IwAR09g4SS9Cvc-mK_Qau92-DBUD0efnSDHhuFXm9GTUCnvFUvgP_wg5QMTzs
> >
>      , and sure enough it was there. Now I don't do email or any commerce
> out
>     of the site but now there won't be an insecure site warning on Google
>     Chrome. You might check your own website to see if your host is doing
> the
>     same as Avahost.
>
>     --
>     Regards,
>
>     Sonny
>     http://sonc.com/look/
>     Natchitoches, Louisiana
>     1714
>     Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
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Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA