Re: [H] Web site security issue
Ignore my last post as apparently there are five hosting companies in the USA calling themselves Network Solutions and I am with the original one. I just got off the phone with them and they say they won't stop you from using Lets Encrypt but they won't help you either or support it. So for a novice like me it is easier to just pay them the 22 bucks a year for two years knowing I will have 100 percent uptime and I don't have to screw with it. I do have a cheap reliable hosting account with email so being with them has it's advantages...for now. But Thanks for the help. From: _ Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:46 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Web site security issue It is http. OK so when Network solutions is asking me to secure your website blah blah and buy a SSL Certificate from Network Solutions that is what I need to do to make this work? From: Hardware on behalf of Jamie Furtner Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:52 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Web site security issue You don't say if you're accessing the site via HTTP or HTTPS - I'd guess HTTPS. You need to have a valid certificate for HTTPS to work automatically for all clients (and some can't even be made to accept an invalid certificate manually). There's no way for a site to tell the client "no this certificate is valid" - or bad sites would just do that and malware would be even worse. You'll have to get a valid certificate for the site and configure the netsol host to use it. This is a great application for a free Let's Encrypt cert instead of a paid certificate (which I'm almost certain Network Solutions would be happy to sell you otherwise). You may be better off looking for a different host that does LE out of the box and just leaving DNS with netsol if they don't offer LE today. On 2021-01-26 12:29 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: > I have a website hosted with network solutions. It is the cheapest one they > sell. I don't want it to come up on search and I have robots.txt in the root > to prevent this. > I don't even have an entry page as I use it primarily to post accessible data > for my own use. Occasionally, I will post something like a lease for a new > tenant to review or a video for a friend to stream. > I think some of my friends are having trouble with my posted links due to a > lack of some kind of security issues on my site. I don't have a problem with > it as I just tell the browser to ignore it and let me through but my friends, > particular using phones have a problem in that the link won't even appear. > What is my site missing and how do I overcome this? thanks >
Re: [H] Web site security issue
Don't buy an SSL cert from Network Solutions. Look up using letsencrypt. They're free. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:47 PM _ Winterlight wrote: > It is http. OK so when Network solutions is asking me to secure your > website blah blah and buy a SSL Certificate from Network Solutions that is > what I need to do to make this work? > > > > From: Hardware on behalf of > Jamie Furtner > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:52 AM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Web site security issue > > You don't say if you're accessing the site via HTTP or HTTPS - I'd guess > HTTPS. You need to have a valid certificate for HTTPS to work > automatically for all clients (and some can't even be made to accept an > invalid certificate manually). There's no way for a site to tell the > client "no this certificate is valid" - or bad sites would just do that > and malware would be even worse. > > You'll have to get a valid certificate for the site and configure the > netsol host to use it. This is a great application for a free Let's > Encrypt cert instead of a paid certificate (which I'm almost certain > Network Solutions would be happy to sell you otherwise). You may be > better off looking for a different host that does LE out of the box and > just leaving DNS with netsol if they don't offer LE today. > > On 2021-01-26 12:29 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: > > I have a website hosted with network solutions. It is the cheapest one > they sell. I don't want it to come up on search and I have robots.txt in > the root to prevent this. > > I don't even have an entry page as I use it primarily to post accessible > data for my own use. Occasionally, I will post something like a lease for a > new tenant to review or a video for a friend to stream. > > I think some of my friends are having trouble with my posted links due > to a lack of some kind of security issues on my site. I don't have a > problem with it as I just tell the browser to ignore it and let me through > but my friends, particular using phones have a problem in that the link > won't even appear. What is my site missing and how do I overcome this? > thanks > > > >
Re: [H] Web site security issue
It is http. OK so when Network solutions is asking me to secure your website blah blah and buy a SSL Certificate from Network Solutions that is what I need to do to make this work? From: Hardware on behalf of Jamie Furtner Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:52 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Web site security issue You don't say if you're accessing the site via HTTP or HTTPS - I'd guess HTTPS. You need to have a valid certificate for HTTPS to work automatically for all clients (and some can't even be made to accept an invalid certificate manually). There's no way for a site to tell the client "no this certificate is valid" - or bad sites would just do that and malware would be even worse. You'll have to get a valid certificate for the site and configure the netsol host to use it. This is a great application for a free Let's Encrypt cert instead of a paid certificate (which I'm almost certain Network Solutions would be happy to sell you otherwise). You may be better off looking for a different host that does LE out of the box and just leaving DNS with netsol if they don't offer LE today. On 2021-01-26 12:29 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: > I have a website hosted with network solutions. It is the cheapest one they > sell. I don't want it to come up on search and I have robots.txt in the root > to prevent this. > I don't even have an entry page as I use it primarily to post accessible data > for my own use. Occasionally, I will post something like a lease for a new > tenant to review or a video for a friend to stream. > I think some of my friends are having trouble with my posted links due to a > lack of some kind of security issues on my site. I don't have a problem with > it as I just tell the browser to ignore it and let me through but my friends, > particular using phones have a problem in that the link won't even appear. > What is my site missing and how do I overcome this? thanks >
Re: [H] Web site security issue
You don't say if you're accessing the site via HTTP or HTTPS - I'd guess HTTPS. You need to have a valid certificate for HTTPS to work automatically for all clients (and some can't even be made to accept an invalid certificate manually). There's no way for a site to tell the client "no this certificate is valid" - or bad sites would just do that and malware would be even worse. You'll have to get a valid certificate for the site and configure the netsol host to use it. This is a great application for a free Let's Encrypt cert instead of a paid certificate (which I'm almost certain Network Solutions would be happy to sell you otherwise). You may be better off looking for a different host that does LE out of the box and just leaving DNS with netsol if they don't offer LE today. On 2021-01-26 12:29 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: I have a website hosted with network solutions. It is the cheapest one they sell. I don't want it to come up on search and I have robots.txt in the root to prevent this. I don't even have an entry page as I use it primarily to post accessible data for my own use. Occasionally, I will post something like a lease for a new tenant to review or a video for a friend to stream. I think some of my friends are having trouble with my posted links due to a lack of some kind of security issues on my site. I don't have a problem with it as I just tell the browser to ignore it and let me through but my friends, particular using phones have a problem in that the link won't even appear. What is my site missing and how do I overcome this? thanks
[H] Web site security issue
I have a website hosted with network solutions. It is the cheapest one they sell. I don't want it to come up on search and I have robots.txt in the root to prevent this. I don't even have an entry page as I use it primarily to post accessible data for my own use. Occasionally, I will post something like a lease for a new tenant to review or a video for a friend to stream. I think some of my friends are having trouble with my posted links due to a lack of some kind of security issues on my site. I don't have a problem with it as I just tell the browser to ignore it and let me through but my friends, particular using phones have a problem in that the link won't even appear. What is my site missing and how do I overcome this? thanks
