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Codedboy95:
i use https for my website https://www.droid.ng

Kondomatic:
Nairaland users are not up to one one million.

Wisdombankxz:
No Sir... Don't be surprise Nairaland security is stronger than Https.
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dogstyle007:
I think Nairaland is using Cloudflare which makes it secured in some way

CocoBee:


Is it a monetized package (the SSL certificate) if so how is it obtained (from your host or what) and sustained? (monthly or yearly payment)

CocoBee:
Isn't nairaland similar? And it's not encrypted with 'https'

wonlasewonimi:
What sensitive data is transmitted through nairaland? if they are not killing a snake in akwa ibom, jamil is celebrating his 2 years wearing gucci.

ivolt:


Evidence ?

Emmysky:
That's because they haven't bought and installed an SSL Certificate for it on their server. I myself use SSL(Https)...No biggie.
Although i think Nairaland should seriously look into it. Being a forum with 1.8M users, SSL is overly necessary.

CocoBee:
Webmasters, I noticed that only foreign websites do use 'https' and local websites (even nairaland) only use 'http'. . Why is that please? Thanks in advance!

CocoBee:
Webmasters, I noticed that only foreign websites do use 'https' and local websites (even nairaland) only use 'http'. . Why is that please? Thanks in advance!

cdoffx:

Https simply ensures an encrypted communication from the client side to the server side and its most necessary for website that olds sensitive information about users or where users will have to enter sensitive information like card number, pin, DOB, maiden name etc... Nairaland don't have much sensitive info about her users so I don't really thing its very necessary for NL to have SSL however it doesn't hurt having

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ThankYouGod:
Any website in anywhere in the world can have https. It's for security when sensitive information is required from the users. All the banks' websites in Nigeria have it. If you don't see it, try to use their internet banking you will see it.

wonlasewonimi:
What sensitive data is transmitted through nairaland? if they are not killing a snake in akwa ibom, jamil is celebrating his 2 years wearing gucci.

Kondomatic:
Nairaland users are not up to one one million.

Timbuktu14:
Nigerian websites do use that. Look at the betting websites, banks and all, they all installed SSL Certificate to keep some important informations secured. The cost implication is no big deal and it actually saves a lot of unforseen hits from the devils. I don't know why Nairaland hasn't installed any - considering how big the website is.

Emmysky:
That's because they haven't bought and installed an SSL Certificate for it on their server. I myself use SSL(Https)...No biggie.
Although i think Nairaland should seriously look into it. Being a forum with 1.8M users, SSL is overly necessary.

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famous Nigerian online mall; Konga uses https...so if through all your web surfing experience, you noticed that no Nigerian site uses https, i suggest you start widening your browsing experience.

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The above post shows the misconception people have about SSL (Secured Socket Layer). SSL is not meant to protect a website per se (It can to a limited extent protect a website domain from phishing or man in the middle attack).

However the main purpose of SSL is to protect the user of a website. Most importantly things like the user login data but also ensures the user's privacy by ensuring that data between the users and a website is encrypted and not visible to anyone monitoring the network the a user is browsing from.

What ssl does is create a secured tunnel between the user and the website. anyone monitoring a network using tools like wireshark would not be able to see data being transmitted between the user and the website. This ensures that important information like the user login details are not revealed to preying eyes.

Nairaland not having SSL is a huge security hole and a big de-service to its. It means anytime you login into Nairaland, any one monitoring the network you are connected to can not only see the exact page you are browsing from. The will see what you are typing and even see your login details. Wireshark too for network snooping is so common that it can be installed and operated from a mobile phone. And because most users use common passwords i.e same passwords for multiple devices. The NL password can be used to gain access into some other services like their email, facebook etc.

Why is nairaland not using SSL: It is definitely not because of cost. Free SSL certificates are now available. Letsencrypt for examples offers free SSL/TLS certificates for free valid for 6 months, they also include scripts that automate renewal process. Besides a wild card certificate cost less than 200 dollars (less than 80k per year) so cost is definitely not the reason.

If not cost then why encrypting a site with SSL can affect performance of the site. This is because optimisation like compression of data might be affected, and also the decryption process using CPU. However modern cpus have dedicated instructions capable of handling website encryption an example is one of the most popular ciphers, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), has had dedicated instructions added to modern CPUs, helping it run substantially faster than ciphers implemented in software.

The idea that SSL affect performance is now essentially a myth. Even then if the administrators are scared of performance related ssl issues. They can always implement a system where by only the login pages are encrypted. That way at least only a user login information is protected. This can be implemented using simple apache/ngnx rewrites to direct all login pages and user profiles to https. and the user is directed by to http. I implemented some similar on this site http://repository.aust.edu.ng (An E-library website) The main site is unencrypted however you will be directed to https when you attempt to login.
Here the user login data is protected but the rest of the site is unencrypted since its mostly meant for downloading of contents.

NAIRALAND HAS NO EXCUSE NOT TO USE ENCRYPTION. It owes it to its users.

My advise to users of NL is never use the same password on NL has with what you use on important sites like facebook, email, twitter etc.

epelumi42:


Do you have a plan that supports up to 50 add on domains?

CocoBee:


Those are company sites bro.. Give me 5 Nigerian blogs and 5 Nigerian forums that use 'https' and I'll shamefully widen my browsing experience!

mercyviv:

Well, I don't know of other nigerian blogs and forums, but I do know of 6TERS (https//www.6ters.com); its a nigeria forum and they use the https. This is one forum where members activities are compensated to swell their WALLET. Members provide vital info such as Bank Acc., IDs for proof etc, in order to get paid directly into their choice bank accounts.
So thinking nigerian blogs and forums are so behind is very myopic to say the least! Widen your horizon bro.