Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

I was hoping to preorder OF v3 today, but two different web browsers have handed me a "connection is not private"/"potential security risk" (NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID) error when going to the https version of subliminal-shop.com. Given that the last "connection is not private" report to the forum was roughly a year ago, I'm guessing that the site's cert recently expired.

The http link to the OF v3 preorder in Shannon's journal loads fine, of course, but that link's http, not https. Yeah, Paypal's where the payment happens, but I'd still rather not send my subliminal-shop.com account credentials (and the download access that they provide) over a plaintext protocol.

I'd have posted this in the troubleshooting or website sections of the forum, but, with the OF v3 introductory price deadline looming, it seemed like a good idea to mention it where people might see it sooner. Feel free to move this post if it doesn't belong here.

I have had Andrew explain this to me 3 times within the last 10 years as to why we don't have that, and every time he tells me it doesn't matter and why it doesn't matter, but I never remember it when the time comes to explain it to customers.  Every time he does, it makes perfect sense, and there is a good reason it's not https.  Unfortunately, he's not available to explain it.  However, I don't think that's going to be an issue for much longer regardless.