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27 Dec 2022, 5:06 pm

Why is the WP thread; 'Why I like Postmodern Literature and Modernist Literature?' being flagged as a potentially non-secure link?

Link in question: dev.wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=371648&p=8123896

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27 Dec 2022, 5:22 pm

It's because the link starts with "dev" but the security certificate is for wrongplanet.net, not dev.wrongplanet.net, so your browser will complain. This is as a result of errors during the update in 2014 which "polluted" the site's databases with some URLs of the form dev.wrongplanet.net.

It's nothing sinister, though - just remove "dev." from the URL in your browser's address bar and reload.

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27 Dec 2022, 5:28 pm

...Alex could theoretically splurge on a wildcard certificate for a mere cost of a dinner at a sitdown restaurant...

...Just a thought.

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27 Dec 2022, 5:39 pm

Yes - but it would be better, and free, to simply sanitise the stored erroneous "dev." URLs.
Also a certificate should address what's actually required.

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27 Dec 2022, 5:42 pm

Of course, but I would have nothing to say otherwise. :mrgreen:

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27 Dec 2022, 5:44 pm

:lol:

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