Re: [cobalt-users] Digital Certificate

[Greg Hewitt-Long <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>At 07:58 14/06/03 -0600, you wrote:
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>>Should change your domain to ONLY be accessible via https.
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>>regards
>>
>>Greg
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>Am I right in thinking that 'your domain' here refers only to the sub domain?


yes, it should have read - your secured sub-domain. 

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>I'm thinking that the secure connection takes more time for users to connect and therefore slows the site down, so you would only secure sections that need securing?  I also remember connecting to the net via a network that couldn't handle secure connections, thus i couldn't use one suppliers web site at all as they only had it on SSL.



Yes, it does take longer Steve - so I'd only recommend doing it on a sub-domain with the SSL cert - ie, secure.yourdomain.com.

I don't doubt that it has it's issues using this method - so you're right to point them out - I only answered the user's question! If it has "implications" - they were not asked about (and I never gave them much thought either).

fwiw - we don't force https on our secured sub-domains!

regards

Greg
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