After much hair-pulling, HTTPS is back on-line. I've set up HTTPS many, many times before, and it's not that hard, but I was trying to use the built-in configurator tools that come with SuSE, and they don't quite do what I want them to.

So I finally decided screw 'em, I'll use vi.

I'm still working on:

* Mail server setup.

* Search engine setup.

* Submission page Perl libraries. (Some of the libraries I was using have been updated out of existence.)

* Apache tuning.

A few other odds and ends.

Thanks Jeff

Awesome!

Does this have anything to do with my Hot Topics page not loading and instead giving me a warning about the certificate?

The BBS is only available on HTTPS://?

Thank you, Jeff! My anonimity is preserved!

cool

Thanks, Jeff.

quote:Originally posted by Limecat:

Thanks Jeff

Does this have anything with the page loading slow? Or is it just my shitty connection.

Finally I can access Totse from school!

Mucho thanks.

Yay, I can post over insecure connections again!

Yay, someone else in the world chooses vi over vim!

*high-five*

quote:Originally posted by Zok:

Yay, someone else in the world chooses vi over vim!

*high-five*

Jesus you're a nerd man.

Then again...most of us are.

But it's nice to be in good company.

-Val

I use Vi for my site.

Oh, and good thing https is back.

Goodie!

I have no idea what HTTPS is!!!

But thanks anyway, I guess.

^^^

HTTPS allows you to view/post over a secure connection (the little yellow lock down on the bottom of your screen).

^^^

Thanks for the bit of info Social Junker I had no clue what it was either.

Oh yeah..

quote:Originally posted by Limecat:

Thanks Jeff

HTTPS also bypasses most school web filters.

quote:Originally posted by Brimstone:

HTTPS also bypasses most school web filters.

Novell ZENworks is a tough sonofabitch

I love you, Jeff!

In the way that is not nasty, of course.

Awesome, Jeff. Only real (geek) men use vi.

And Zok, what advantage does vi have in your opinion?

Whats the difference between Vi and Vim?

edit: *Just discovered*

How come the Hot Topics all change you to an SSL connection? Can you make it so the hot topic script just looks at the type of connection you have and keeps using it?

But anyway, thanks for doing all this, as I need HTTPS to get to totse at school!

[This message has been edited by chainy (edited 09-21-2005).]

Cheers!

quote:Originally posted by LordDaemon:

Novell ZENworks is a tough sonofabitch

For real? My school uses Novell ZENworks. Guess the adminstrator must have changed a setting or two.

Thank you Jeff! Proxies were way to slow.

For those of you wondering, theres two ways to connect to totse.

<OL TYPE=1>

<LI>https://www.totse.com

<LI>http://www.totse.com</OL>

#1 is the secure connection, it encrypts your data and other stuff I dont really understand, and it gets around a lot of internet filters.

But on IE it goes really slow compared to #2. So thats why you should use firefox. #1 on firefox goes faster than #2 on IE.

Once you have firefox then go to http://paradoxsector.com/index.php?showarticle=20 to make it even faster.

Also check out BLTC for a post made by panthrax that describes it better.



Once again, THANK YOU JEFF!

quote:Originally posted by Zorya:

I love you, Jeff!

In the way that is not nasty, of course.

I love him in a nasty way .

*high pitched voice*

Who put this gem in my socket... *snoooooore*

You people are dishing out the explanations on https that really isn't required.

Link (https://www.totse.com/en/_about/cert.html).

Oh, and to whoever asked, my school uses Novell. Of course, I just use https and it works fine. But then again, I get around most filters, I can always find a way to get to totse. Kinda sad though...

As for the Hot Topics turning to the secure server when clicked, I would guess it is Jeff wants everyone on a secure server for some unknown reason. Probably since totse is close to being considered a terrorrist site, the less hits that are picked up by the government the better. But I am probably wrong, knowing me.

quote:Originally posted by LordDaemon:

The BBS is only available on HTTPS://?

Everything is available on http and https connections, I was just forcing the Hot Topics links to use https-only links for a few hours.

I want to try using some content-caching networks (like Coral) for static content, which means that all of the links to dynamic content (like the BBS) have to be hard-coded with http://www.totse.com/ or https://www.totse.com/ in the link. (I should just use Javascript to determine whether someone is currently using https or http and then insert the correct header.)

Coral is great for bypassing filters, unfortunately it doesn't work well with frequently-updated pages like the BBS. However, if you live in China or Myanmar or Saudi Arabia and you want to check out totse's (non-BBS) pages, you can't because the government won't let you. Coral gets around government filters.

http://www.coralcdn.org/

quote:Originally posted by chainy:

Whats the difference between Vi and Vim?

Vim is the name of a popular tiny unix text editor, but since the command to use it is "vi", some people simply call it vi.

quote:Originally posted by Social Junker:

^^^

HTTPS allows you to view/post over a secure connection (the little yellow lock down on the bottom of your screen).

Ow,so it might be prett usefull then. Thanks.

HTTPS kicks Websense's ass.

quote:Originally posted by Spatula Tzar:

Vim is the name of a popular tiny unix text editor, but since the command to use it is "vi", some people simply call it vi.

ed was the original line EDitor. vi was the original VIsual (e.g. full screen) tiny text editor, which did everything ed did and then some (the : commands are mostly from ed). vim is vi iMproved.

Since vim does everything that vi does and more, most every Linux distribution symlinks "vi" to "vim", so you get vim, even if you want vi.

ed is still ed.

Brilliant,

*makes jeff hunter his new god*

quote:Originally posted by LordDaemon:

Novell ZENworks is a tough sonofabitch

Try wujie.net

Edit: How good is knowing asian people? ;P these sites get past many filters 'cos they're in chinky languages. Just enter the site into the box, and click the button. Easy.

[This message has been edited by pianoSpleen (edited 09-23-2005).]

quote:Originally posted by Jeff Hunter:

A few other odds and ends.

Does this include that whole choppy link thing? Because it should.

SKEET

Yay!

Why does all of the menu (About, Community, Bad Ideas, etc.) text appear in green when in HTTPS? I can still read it, but it's a pain in the ass. I am using version 1.0.3 of Firefox, and the problem doesn't happen in IE. Does updating Firefox solve this issue?

quote:Originally posted by KolmeK:

Why does all of the menu (About, Community, Bad Ideas, etc.) text appear in green when in HTTPS? I can still read it, but it's a pain in the ass. I am using version 1.0.3 of Firefox, and the problem doesn't happen in IE. Does updating Firefox solve this issue?

Hit refresh.

The green is due to the totse3.css styles sheet not loading. I've seen that happen when using Mozilla too, but when I hit refresh Mozilla grabs the style sheet and everything looks fine again. It usually happens the first time after you agree to accept the certificate. I think the CSS times out while the browser is waiting for you to decide whether to accept the certificate or not, so the browser thinks it has the style sheet when it doesn't.

Ah yes, that works. Thanks Jeff, that problem boggled my mind for quite some time, and all I had to do was hit refresh...

quote:Originally posted by Valmont:

Jesus you're a nerd man.

Then again...most of us are.

But it's nice to be in good company.

-Val

quote:Originally posted by Brimstone:

Finally I can access Totse from school!

Mucho thanks.

When will submissions be back on?

using this feature to view right now, not a damn thing BESS can do

used https to acess totse at school today (fuckin bess) great stuff

quote:Originally posted by pianoSpleen:

Try wujie.net

Edit: How good is knowing asian people? ;P these sites get past many filters 'cos they're in chinky languages. Just enter the site into the box, and click the button. Easy.



wujie.net : zero content. Absolutely empty.

It doesn't try to install some exploit when you use IE, does it ?

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quote:Originally posted by Uncus:

wujie.net : zero content. Absolutely empty.

It doesn't try to install some exploit when you use IE, does it ?



No. It's just a plain old normal page with a proxy system that happens at the server end. Just like proxify.net except less well known and without the stupid ads.

*checks*

WTF, it's down or something. Try their parent site ultrareach.net it worked for me, but it's more likely to be blocked. -shrug-

HTTPS pwn5 t3h sk00l f1r3w411

quote:Originally posted by Lundmark:

When will submissions be back on?

Resurrected!

-Angus