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Recommendation to Implement Site Security Features

Use SSL to:

  • Secure Login
  • Secure communication between users
  • Develop a secure section of the forums

The rationale for this is that Russia, China, Germany, and other countries block access to certain websites.  On top of this they monitor the online activities of their citizens.  The use of applications like Tor increase personal privacy and security.

  • Consider setting up a Tor server

Recent Comments

By: David V Posted on Wed, Feb 18 2009 5:16 AM

No server changes are needed to use SSL or Tor -just connect to https://www.mises.org over Tor.

By: freedom_seek Posted on Thu, Feb 19 2009 7:48 AM

You are correct that "https" can be used to see the homepage.  I also found that it can be used to login or with certain articles.  

The problem:

1. Navigate to https://www.mises.org

2. Click on a link.

3. That link is guaranteed to begin with "http"

This feature makes privacy and censorship avoidance diffcult for the viewer.

The solution:

Provide an "https" if the page that the user is currently on is secure.  

The steps would go something like:

1. Navigate to https://www.mises.org

2. Click on a link.

3. Detect that the user is current using "https"

4. Convert the link such that it also begins with "https"

Depending on how the site is implemented this might be an easy change or a more challenging one.

By: C. J. Meidlinger Posted on Tue, May 19 2009 4:37 PM

Relative path links should take care of http/https differences.

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