GoodBYtes Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hello, On April 30th, Mozilla said that it will deprecate support for HTTP for its Fireofx web browser, in favor of HTTPS only. That means that every site would need a certificate to be viewed by the web browser. https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/04/30/deprecating-non-secure-http/ The problem, or more the econcern is small sites like mine. My site is more of a hobby, and not a buisness. I cannot afford those costly certificates. Apparently they are "free" ones you can get, but those are nothing more than """free""", hidden costs like if you dont' renew at the right moment, manually, they will chasrge you a lot of money. I was wondering if TotalChoice Hosting will start providing the ability to have certificates, at least on the lower plans which targets smaller sites or low income sites, and not buisness level applications. My concern is the loss of people, the little I have, visting my page. It doesn't help, that Firefox shows big scary warnings with non CA certified certificates, or now (well soon), that have none, like the site is infested with malware and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I don´t think this will be a problem for some time, since their FAQ says: Does this mean my unencrypted site will stop working?Not for a long time. Transitioning the web to HTTPS is going to take some time. The firstthing we’re going to do is require HTTPS for new features. So whatever your website doestoday, it will still work for months or years.In the long run, there is some discussion of removing or limiting features that are currentlyavailable to unencrypted sites. Those changes will be announced well ahead of any change,so you’ll have time to update your site either to not rely on those features or, we hope, tomove to HTTPS. And any such changes will be made only after consultation with the webcommunity, to make sure we’re striking an appropriate balance between functionality andsecurity. Whole story: blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/04/30/deprecating-non-secure-http/ The faq I referred to can be found here: blog.mozilla.org/security/files/2015/05/HTTPS-FAQ.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBYtes Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 ok Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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