Merlin
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We are moving but our address is staying the same:
We are in the process of moving carproforum.com to a new hosting service to provide Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
This involves moving all the forum site files, the database, and pointing to the forum to the new web host site location.
* The reason for this move is to add SSL to the forum to create a safer, more secure environment for all members.
So far. what should have been a simple move has unfortunately become more complex than originally anticipated.
During the move there have been roadblocks, potholes, speed bumps and dead ends almost every step of the way.
If you find the forum down during the transition period PLEASE try back. This a a very temporary situation! Please feel welcome here!
This inconvenience is only temporary during the site move and the carpro community will be safer and more secure when it is completed.
We apologize for the unannounced downtime as it was unexpected and again we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
We welcome you and encourage each and every one of you to participate ask, learn and contribute to the carproforum.com community.
In the future, if it is at all possible, we will try to notify the folks in the carproforum.com community of any planned anticipated outages.
Again, we welcome you to our community. Please bear with us. If you find the site down during the transition...please try again later.
Thank you very much for bearing with us in this difficult "construction in progress" time. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately, this transition process is not finished and there may be some temporary outages before the transfer is totally completed.
The Geeky part:
HTTP VS HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser
and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'SECURE'. It means all communications between your
browser and the website are encrypted.
How Does HTTPS Work?
HTTPS pages typically use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol to encrypt communications - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). SSL protocol uses
what is known as an 'asymmetric' Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system. An asymmetric system uses two 'keys' to encrypt communications,
a 'public' key and a 'private' key. Anything encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted by the private key and vice-versa.
What is a HTTPS certificate?
When you request a HTTPS connection to a webpage, the website will initially send its SSL certificate to your browser. This certificate
contains the public key needed to begin the secure session. Based on this initial exchange, your browser and the website then initiate
the 'SSL handshake'. The SSL handshake involves the generation of shared secrets to establish a uniquely secure connection between
yourself and the website.
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