Re: [OF] switch to https

[Oliver Heimlich]

On 03.12.2016 14:59, Carnë Draug wrote:
> On 2 December 2016 at 09:21, siko1056 <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Sourceforge offers to switch to https [1], an important step towards
>> security.
>>
>> "When a project switches over to HTTPS, the old domain will redirect, so no
>> traffic will be lost or links broken."
>>
>> Kai
>>
>> [1]: https://sourceforge.net/blog/introducing-https-for-project-websites/
> 
> That is not the whole story, there seems to be some caveats:
> 
>     > some configuration updates may be necessary if your site
>     > contains HTTP references (scripts, image tags, etc)
> 
> and a much longer support text about making the change [2].  I am not sure
> if the change will break anyhing but a quick test seems to be ok.  pkg's
> -forge flag seems to also be working.  Please let me know if you notice
> any problems as we still can revert the change.
> 
> Carnë
> 
> [2] 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Convert%20your%20website%20to%20HTTPS/
> 

I observe a redirect from http://octave.sourceforge.net/… to
https://octave.sourceforge.io/…

Also, I get a browser warning, because the website loads the sourceforge
logo via http not https.

Oliver