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Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by headmelted on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:58AM (#14980356)
You and this Troy Hunt guy have completely missed the central point that Maria is making.

"Some are on domain validation which is 2048+ BitSH42 SSL/TLS encryption the encryption key is limited which means you can use on a few pages and has a limited band weight"

What about THESE people? The ones on limited band weights that can only use a few pages?

This is a 100% valid complaint about 2048+ BitSH42 protocols that I've had for some time and no-one ever acknowledges it or suggests a solution.

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by Sleeep on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:57PM (#14982933)
The solution to this has been know for a while, its creating a GUI interface in Visual Basic to track the domain's IP address.[1]

[1] https://youtu.be/hkDD03yeLnU

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by CaptSpify on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:31PM (#14981364)
I'm not sure what that quote means. Can you explain it?
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by Ajedi32 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:14PM (#14981850)
It means nothing. The whole quote is pure nonsensical technobabble; headmelted is joking by sarcastically bringing it up as a valid concern.

It's funny because that's an actual quote from Maria Johnsen's article ["Should multilingual websites use HTTPS by default"][1], and the fact that she actually wrote that in a supposedly serious article discussing the merits of HTTPS makes it pretty clear she has no idea what she's talking about when it comes to security. (Especially compared to "this Troy Hunt guy", who is a well-known expert in the information security industry.)

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160621124800/https://www.maria...

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by headmelted on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:50PM (#14982876)
Sincerely, thank you. I was panicking for a moment there.

I appreciate the save!

(Not being sarcastic!)

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by lima on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:38PM (#14981447)
I think he's joking
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by CaptSpify on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:00PM (#14981712)
I guess I missed it because I can't even parse the quote.
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by LambdaComplex on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:50PM (#14984653)
None of us can
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by wolf550e on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:15PM (#14981166)
Google search shows "BitSH42" is mentioned only in this discussion.
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by headmelted on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:54PM (#14982905)
This was tongue-in-cheek. My own fault for not being clearer.

(See Ajedi32's response below.)

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by justusw on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:06AM (#14980441)
Are you referring to The Band - The Weight? If so, then it is a fine song.
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by FilthyAnalyst on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:08PM (#14981079)
It would make more sense that way.
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by headmelted on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:15AM (#14980520)
Were this reddit I'd invite you to take a load off, but that kind of behaviour invites (incites?) downvotes round here. So I shan't!
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by LambdaComplex on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:50PM (#14984657)
But apparently saying you'd get downvoted gets you downvoted just the same. Just like on Reddit!
Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by headmelted on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:46AM (#14987178)
You know what? It's fair. I'd downvote me for saying "hope I don't get downvoted" too.

On a side note, I'm glad at least one other person listens to The Band. Rock and roll is not dead!

(Or it is, if Lester Bangs in Almost Famous is to be believed).

I've gone well off the thread and into the wilderness here haven't I?

Re:Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics by locusm on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:59PM (#14985810)
I laughed so hard at this, almost peed myself.