Great idea, thanks. However I will have to pass as we are asked to give our email addresses, passwords etc over a non-https page; Chrome is even flagging the fact that it's not secured. Anyway to secure this please?

lingyai
Great idea, thanks. However I will have to pass as we are asked to give our email addresses, passwords etc over a non-https page; Chrome is even flagging the fact that it's not secured. Anyway to secure this please?

It's about price... My current ISP charges 17,36 € / month for the SSL sertificate.  That makes 208,32 € / year. 
If forum gains any popularity I move it to Google Cloud which does not charge extra for the https connection. On othe other hand I'd need to create a new VM which is not free either.
 
Suggestion: create a new email account and use it when in doubt.
 

I'm in, thanks.

Signed up!!!

I'm in

 
Cakewalk Community is a discussion forum but also home of Duckbar - my 3rd party utility for Cakewalk SONAR to handle some SONAR shortcomings.  Other 3rd party Cakewalk related utilities are available at the Downloads, too. :)
 
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Nice to see my old login still works see you there peeps and contrary to what you may think about the hosts we are not evil, had nothing to do with loyalty, some are just furry aliens a long way from home with users best interests at heart.

panup

lingyai
Great idea, thanks. However I will have to pass as we are asked to give our email addresses, passwords etc over a non-https page; Chrome is even flagging the fact that it's not secured. Anyway to secure this please?

It's about price... My current ISP charges 17,36 € / month for the SSL sertificate.  That makes 208,32 € / year. 
If forum gains any popularity I move it to Google Cloud which does not charge extra for the https connection. On othe other hand I'd need to create a new VM which is not free either.

Use lets encrypt https://letsencrypt.org/ for SSL/TSL it's free! If you are on a shared server, most hosts are providing lets encrypt for free via the control panel. If you are on a dedicated server or virtual server and have root access, you just install the lets encrypt software and generate your certificate. There's no need to pay for a certificate anymore.
 
If you need a virtual server, you can spin one up at digital ocean https://www.digitalocean.com/ for peanuts per month - think it works out cheaper than google cloud or AWS.

My old login worked. I'm in

Thanks !