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We have installed a new SHA-256 secure server certificate on freerepublic.com and NEW donate link
New SHA-256 security certificate and donate link ^ | May 31, 2017 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 05/31/2017 2:41:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have installed a new SHA-256 secure server certificate on our freerepublic.com domain and we have a NEW donate link: https://freerepublic.com/donate/

FR is now more secure than ever! Google, Firefox, et al, were flagging our old SHA-1 secure server as "not secure" even though our certificate was paid-up, still valid, still in force and our secure server was still encrypting our donation transactions as securely as always to the SHA-1 standard. You should see a green "Secure" padlock now when you click on our new donate link and that signifies that your transaction will be encrypted by the newly installed SHA-256 routine. We have a little more work to complete for redirects, etc, but when it's done, everything on https://freerepublic.com will be served as secure documents.

Donate securely online: Click here to enter your pledge by Credit Card, PayPal or Check! (make it a monthly if you can)

The old SHA-1 secure.freerepublic.com link and server will be phased out and retired. When John finishes with the redirects, the old posts containing the old link will automatically be redirected to the new link.

Thank you very much for your loyal support and for bearing with us!

Mailing address for checks or money orders: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794


TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adminlectureseries; donate; donation; donations; faq; freepathon; freerepublic; frupgrade; goodnews; https; secure; securecertificate; secureserver; server; sha256
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To: Jim Robinson

You’re Welcome, Jim. I love this place.


41 posted on 05/31/2017 4:06:43 PM PDT by Delta 21
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To: minnesota_bound

Certifiable fer sure.


42 posted on 05/31/2017 4:14:07 PM PDT by Delta 21
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To: Jim Robinson

Right! 256 bit encryption is pretty much the standard for SSL certs these days. Great Job.


43 posted on 05/31/2017 4:34:12 PM PDT by Bobo Rodreguez
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To: stillfree?

Thank you very much, stillfree?!!


44 posted on 05/31/2017 4:43:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Bobo Rodreguez

Thanks!


45 posted on 05/31/2017 4:45:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Nice....good job. Thanks for what you and your small staff does.


46 posted on 05/31/2017 4:49:47 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: Jim Robinson; trisham; MEG33; onyx
I'm in the process of removing the word secure in the HTML of my FReepathon graphics, as that is apparently red-flagging and making the ~certificate error~ message come up.

a href=https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/>

47 posted on 05/31/2017 5:21:48 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Given that modern web browsers have been dropping support for SHA1, this certainly needed doing, but it’s only part of the overall web site security equation.

I assume you are, or soon will be, using Stripe, or some other modern payment system that actually protects the user? (So your website never “sees” a credit card number?)

I’m excited to think that FR may soon be within modern, acceptable Web site security norms across the board!


48 posted on 05/31/2017 5:24:08 PM PDT by EasySt (Time to build that gulch..)
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To: Jim Robinson
FR is now more secure than ever! Google, Firefox, et al, were flagging our old SHA-1 secure server as "not secure" even though our certificate was paid-up

Actually, the SHA-1 certificates were depreciated years ago:

https://www.trustico.com/news/2014/sha-1/sha-1-depreciation-replacement.php

Looks like the major browsers (IE, Chrome, Mozilla, Safari) all finally pulled the plug on browser support for the old SHA-1 encryption this past January.

Now... are there any plans in the works to hold a fundraiser for those of us who might be willing to chip in to help with some needed catching up on the hardware side of things (RAID, etc.)????

49 posted on 05/31/2017 5:38:42 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Jim Robinson

holy sweet mother of jesus

never in my lifetime

did I think that https://freerepublic.com would ever work...


50 posted on 05/31/2017 5:47:52 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Mr. K

I don’t know why they don’t just make another duplicate site for when this one crashes? freerepublic2.com or something. Turn it off until the original site crashes and then turn the backup on? To difficult?


51 posted on 05/31/2017 5:54:50 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Awesome upgrade. Thank you!!!


52 posted on 05/31/2017 6:24:29 PM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (#I'mWithHim #MAGA)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for everything!


53 posted on 05/31/2017 9:00:25 PM PDT by Melian (Some folks are born with disabilities; others pursue them.)
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To: Jim Robinson
The certificate is not trusted because it was signed using a signature algorithm that was disabled because that algorithm is not secure. Error code: SEC_ERROR_CERT_SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM_DISABLED

I've never visited secure.freerepublic.com before so I doubt it's a cache thing.

54 posted on 06/01/2017 5:22:18 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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Good Morning FRiends


WOO HOO!...Celebrating The New Secure Donation
Installation
*Have A Great Day*
Click The Pic***Support Free Republic

55 posted on 06/01/2017 7:24:23 AM PDT by MEG33 (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLC***DONATE MONTHLY)
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To: Jim Robinson

Being rich does NOT equal being evil.

Think of all the good things you could do, instead of of the stupid and evil things being done by people like them.


56 posted on 06/01/2017 11:48:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Jim Robinson
Can you also use it to secure the nginx reverse proxy ?

I would like to make it as possible for the "deep state" to see what I am doing :).

57 posted on 06/01/2017 5:38:18 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you for the “https” everywhere, Jim.


58 posted on 06/05/2017 2:33:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Vanity request for information - anyone know how to stop Trump’s MAGA from billing me after repeated requests to stop payment the past six months?


59 posted on 06/07/2017 8:32:55 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: Jim Robinson
Will this be the new way to tell, an unwanted Freeper that he/she is banned?


60 posted on 06/10/2017 9:09:08 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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