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Xenforo is using the following phrases for email encryption: None TLS SSL Looking at the mail standards, we have STARTTLS and SSL/TLS. I think Xenforo uses TLS as STARTTLS and SSL as SSL/TLS. Just a side note: STARTTLS would be less secure than SSL/TLS, so it is important to use correct naming...

Hey I'm getting these warnings in the server error log. ErrorException: [E_WARNING] fpassthru(): SSL: Connection reset by peer src/XF/Http/ResponseStream.php:34 Any cause for concern? The forum and associated downloads seem to work just fine even with this.

Hello, I'm preparing move from XF1.5 to XF2.1. I have a test board installed at https://beta.testsite.com/forums Looking to source code of index board I find some http (non SSL): <meta property="og:site_name" content="Beta TestSite" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" />...

When I last did a major upgrade of my hosting configuration a few years back, I also migrated to using dedicated IPv6 addresses for each of the (several dozen) websites I host. When hosting multiple sites on the one server using SSL, the advice at the time (from Linode primarily) was to use a...

Hi All, My server guys agreed to enable AutoSSL for my HTTP website (running XenForo forum). So what are all the things to look for before/after enabling HTTPS ? 1) Please let me know if any guide available. 2) Any settings to be changed ? or any things I need to consider ? 3) In my old...

Hello, I'm using XenForo version 1.5.11 and I was wondering if there's a guide on how to configure CloudFlare's flexible SSL ceterificate with my forum? I'd like it all HTTPS and with a green URL bar. I'm unsure where to even start :/ Many thanks, Gee

Just configured SSL certificate on my server and I'm seeing this: https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=www.sikhphilosophy.net ...it looks like the SSL certificate valid/working fine on the server side... However, when I visit the site, https doesn't seem to be "fully secure"...

Hello. I'm trying to connect my installation to an external MySQL database which is using SSL. Connecting to the database from my local machine or the VPS running Xenforo when the database server is setup to accept SSL connections only works, however when using the same credentials in the...

I made the move to HTTPS a few days ago after doing a lot of research online and following Brogan's HTTPS conversion guide. I do have a few remaining questions I hope someone would shed some light on. 1. A few default Xenforo templates reference a few external http:// links. I don't think...

We've just moved our XF install to a new server. We're now running Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.1 on CentOS 7. We use a G Suite (formerly Google Apps) account for the forum's outbound email. Everything on Google's end is set correctly because it was all working fine until the move. We haven't changed...

As announced by Google, Google Chrome will show "Not secure" warning on websites having password fields on pages not protected by SSL. The solution is, of course, to migrate your forums to be served using HTTPS protocol. This is unfortunately not always possible, as switching to SSL requires...

As there's many users here using my Centmin Mod LEMP stack with Nginx for their sites and forums, I wrote a guide for existing Centmin Mod Nginx HTTP users for migrating to Nginx HTTP/2 HTTPS with free Letsencrypt SSL certificates https://centminmod.com/migrating-to-https.html For Xenforo...

Hi guys, Yesterday I installed XenForo for the first time at mturkers.org/forum. I quickly discovered that XF adds /forums/ to forum permalinks e.g. mturkers.org/forum/forums/great-hits/ The same applies to threads, and this makes the URLs look redundant. After research I discovered this...

i've probably configured something incorrectly, the image proxy was working before the ssl cert, and everything else is working fine, so just need pointing in the right direction from the test image proxy http://i.imgur.com/Y8mRMqW.png could not be fetched or is not a valid image. The specific...

Hi guys, I'm trying to switch my website and forum to HTTPS (SSL) usage. Both separate are working fine, but combined I find some issue's. Is there someone that can help me on why this is not working properly? First let me describe what I have now: A website which is currently working via...

Has anyone with their site https only and using a commercial SSL certificate that is expiring shortly, migrated to a LetsEncrypt SSL certificate instead? If so, any learnings or issues ... or a seamless transition?

I'm planning to enable SSL on my forum, which means hot-linked images in old threads will cause problems (if the URL is "http", if I understand correctly). What can I do about these existing hot-linked images? I haven't been using the Image Proxy feature until just now. Can I somehow make the...

Hello gentlemen's, hi have asmall problem with to get SSL for certain pages. this is my .htaccess configuration : RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com RewriteRule ^ http://www.mysite.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}...

Hi xenForo community. I will be building my first xenForo forum and I have a few pre-purchase questions that I would like to see if I can get some answers for. I searched here and on Google for the answers to most of my questions but there are a couple I either couldn't find exactly what I am...

What is the best way to handle this problem? https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/age-24-have-i-avoided-genetic-mpb.99561/ Our forums are HTTPS, but the user has linked to images on another site at HTTP. As you can see in the top of the page, this breaks our SSL status, and will...