Incorrect Forum Display

[SugarD-x]

Far from providing added security, it doesn't, it just encrypts the traffic. I would say that it is worse to have it on https as the web shield doesn't scan https content. So you effectively lose the protection of the web shield, whilst that may not necessarily be an issue on the forums, but web sites aren't immune from being hacked.

Indeed, but isn't encrypting traffic a bit safer for those who use the forum, at least in terms of logging in and out or changing personal account information?

[bob3160]

Far from providing added security, it doesn't, it just encrypts the traffic. I would say that it is worse to have it on https as the web shield doesn't scan https content. So you effectively lose the protection of the web shield, whilst that may not necessarily be an issue on the forums, but web sites aren't immune from being hacked.

Indeed, but isn't encrypting traffic a bit safer for those who use the forum, at least in terms of logging in and out or changing personal account information?

Not if the forum gets hacked. As David explained under https you loos the protection of avast! which is more important to me then what's offered by the security gained from encryption.
At the moment however the email notifications which start with https are very annoying and need to be addressed.

[DavidR]

Far from providing added security, it doesn't, it just encrypts the traffic. I would say that it is worse to have it on https as the web shield doesn't scan https content. So you effectively lose the protection of the web shield, whilst that may not necessarily be an issue on the forums, but web sites aren't immune from being hacked.

Indeed, but isn't encrypting traffic a bit safer for those who use the forum, at least in terms of logging in and out or changing personal account information?

It rather depends on your definition of safer which is different to what you said before 'added security.' I can't remember the last time I actually logged off, so when I connect to the site again I'm automatically logged on; changing personal account information doesn't travel back to your computer.

Encrypting the traffic only prevents snooping on the connection it doesn't do anything if the site happens to have been hacked, just that the malware payload would come down the pipe encrypted.

[marc-d-l]

What and how did my profile get on here without me posting it.I sure hope that this is not happening on a regular basis.

[DavidR]

What profile -  or do you mean your signature ?
If you mean your signature then - if you fill in your profile, Signature: it gets placed under your posts, that is the way it has been for years.

[bob3160]

What and how did my profile get on here without me posting it.I sure hope that this is not happening on a regular basis.

It's perfectly normal and your post has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

[DavidR]

What and how did my profile get on here without me posting it.I sure hope that this is not happening on a regular basis.

It's perfectly normal and your post has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

Well very loosely 'Incorrect Forum Display' might have lead marc-d-l to believe if his profile display is incorrect and sort of related.

[bob3160]

What and how did my profile get on here without me posting it.I sure hope that this is not happening on a regular basis.

It's perfectly normal and your post has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

Well very loosely 'Incorrect Forum Display' might have lead marc-d-l to believe if his profile display is incorrect and sort of related.

He certainly deserves the benefit of that interpretation.

[Asyn]

Guys, he's talking about his profile (being displayed) in Bob's screenshot.

[DavidR]

Guys, he's talking about his profile (being displayed) in Bob's screenshot.

Now that single line is very clear, if only marc-d-l had written that.

Like anything where you have to use an image to show what it is you mean, you need to use something as an example of the incorrect layout, it just so happened that the topic with the incorrect layout happened to have a post from marc-d-l.

[bob3160]

Guys, he's talking about his profile (being displayed) in Bob's screenshot.

There isn't anything in that screenshot that isn't shown in the thread the link leads too.

[Nikilet]

I haven't been able to try refreshing yet because by the time I read about that it was working. However, as to changing the link to http, the link in my email does show http -- but maybe that's not what is meant here.

[bob3160]

Change the link in your browser to http and then the website loads correctly.