Welcome to the Historical Fiction Online forums: a friendly place to discuss, review and discover historical fiction.
If this is your first visit, please be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You will have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing posts, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

A green padlock on the forum!

Things you should know about Historical Fiction Online.
Post Reply
User avatar
FredQ
Technical Librarian
Posts: 192
Joined: October 2014
Currently reading: The Templars, Two Kings and a Pope
Interest in HF: I like how HF can fill in the gaps where we don't have enough information.
Preferred HF: Everything about the Knights Templars
Location: Northeast Scotland

A green padlock on the forum!

Post by FredQ » Mon December 12th, 2016, 12:21 pm

Have you noticed the little green padlock that suddently appeared right next to the address of the forum?

Well we just switched the forum to https. And that's great news!

You probably heard that when you browse via http, your passwords can be easily intercepted, and that's absolutely true.
You would say there's not much to steal from me on the forum, and that's fair enough. But it's likely that some people will be using the same password for other, more important accounts.

So now you can browse from any wifi hotspot, at the train station or your favorite coffee place: with the green padlock on, you're safe.
Image

User avatar
Misfit
Bibliomaniac
Posts: 9581
Joined: August 2008
Location: Seattle, WA

Re: A green padlock on the forum!

Post by Misfit » Mon December 12th, 2016, 4:55 pm

Thank you.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

Post Reply

Return to “Site Announcements”