RFF shown as not secure in my browser

[steve kessel]

I'm using google chrome and over the past weeks I've been getting a "not secure" message in the address bar for the RFF home page and various other RFF pages, forums and galleries.

"Your connection is not secure.
Attackers might be able to see the images you're looking at on this site and trick you by modifying them."

Has anyone else had this and is there a remedy?

 

[Derek Leath]

I am. Just now.

 

[View Range]

I am also getting a weird message on Safari. "The server is checking your browser" or something to that effect.

 

[Ricoh]

I am also getting a weird message on Safari. "The server is checking your browser" or something to that effect.

Yes I’m getting the same, most odd and unexpected.

 

[Shac]

same with Firefox

 

[Sustich]

Safari here. In additional to the "checking browser" splash screen, once it does connect to RFF, no images appear. For example, if I click an uploaded image link in a classified ad, no image. Makes it difficult to see what our fellow RFFers are offering up in our time of need.

 

[zenza]

Been doing this since yesterday for me.

 

[PaulDalex]

Waterfox here.
Not only the check, but photos from the gallery is all blank

 

[robert blu]

Firefox here. Message checking your browser etc...in the beginning. Than once entered RFF seems ok, gallery visible. I didn't chek the classified.

 

[Darthfeeble]

An hour later I miss all the fun. https://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=171089

 

[CameraQuest]

folks,

please see the cloudflare thread
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171076

adjusting cloudflare to deal with DOS attacks all that is going on.

Stephen

 

[AndersG]

For threads here with normal but perhaps now somewhat unusual http:// URLs for images your modern browser may well complain since you do get the image(s) over an unencrypted connection while the forum page is encrypted.

OTOH, I for one, is not interested in running a https:// (as opposed to http://) server to supply my images.

 

[steve kessel]

My question boils down to is the site safe to use?

 

[splitimageview]

That's easy; yes.

 

[steve kessel]

Hardly reassuring

 

[AndersG]

That some members link using http:// instead of https:// ?

It is not as if https:// is "safe" when the source is not well known so the safety is not much better than using http:// for this kind of forum where most people provide images by their own.

 

[splitimageview]

My question boils down to is the site safe to use?

Are you sending your credit card info or other personal data on this site?

The site does need to be secure otherwise search engines will flag it as insecure.

 

[Henry]

I use https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171089 to link to this page (for example) and have received no errors. I think https is the way to go.