Chrome https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/ en SSL and HTTPS is the future of the web https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/blog/ssl-and-https-future-web <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">SSL and HTTPS is the future of the web</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog-entry.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><img alt="Graphic of an orange lock. SSL and HTTPS is the future of the web." src="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/sites/default/files/Lock-01_2.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; float: left;" title="SSL and HTTPS is the future of the web" />SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is the name of the technology that encrypts the communication between a browser and a web (or email) server. This changes the standard HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to HTTPS which adds encryption. This site is secure; you can see the green lock in the header. Why is this important? Well, eCommerce sites absolutely need to be secure since users will be entering private information. It is absolutely essential to encrypt that information. But what if you aren't processing financial transactions? Do you still need SSL? We monkeys say enthusiastically YES! and believe that in the future all sites  </p> <p>We are not alone, last year the White House released their memorandum entitled <a href="https://https.cio.gov/">“A Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services”</a> which outlines the steps that all government sites should follow and why. The</p> <blockquote> <p>HTTPS verifies the identity of a website or web service for a connecting client, and encrypts nearly all information sent between the website or service and the user. Protected information includes cookies, user agent details, URL paths, form submissions, and query string parameters. HTTPS is designed to prevent this information from being read or changed while in transit.</p> </blockquote> <p>EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is a not for profit organization, that according to <a href="https://www.eff.org/encrypt-the-web">their about page</a>, "champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development" since 1990. <a href="https://www.eff.org/observatory">One of their goals</a> is to: </p> <blockquote> <p>… switch hypertext from insecure HTTP to secure HTTPS. That protection is essential in order to defend Internet users against surveillance of the content of their communications; cookie theft, account hijacking and other web security flaws; cookie and ad injection; and some forms of Internet censorship.</p> </blockquote> <p>Google is actively giving SEO bonuses to secure sites, and has even proposed penalizing insecure sites. In <a href="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/upgrade-https-and-boost-search-results">August 2014</a>, Google started boosting search results for secure sites. In addition, they began indexing secure versions of web pages <a href="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/https-pages-now-displayed-first-google-results">last year</a> instead of their insecure counterparts.</p> <p>Last month, <a href="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/no-https-chrome-may-tag-you-non-secure">Chrome proposed</a> actually giving warning notices on all insecure web sites. If they move forward with this, Chrome users will be increasingly aware of secure sites and navigate elsewhere.</p> <p>Finally, Amnesty International believes <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/reports/encryption-a-matter-of-human-rights">encryption is a human rights</a> issue. In their briefing, "Encryption: A Matter of Human Rights" they state: </p> <blockquote> <p>With online censorship and surveillance a growing threat to human rights, undermining encryption could threaten the ability of people around the world to freely communicate and use the internet, such as human rights activists who challenge the authorities, journalists who uncover corruption, and lawyers holding powerful governments to account, Amnesty International said.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is just a small list of reasons why a secure web is critical. Is your site secure?</p> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <a title="View user profile." href="/users/laura" lang="" about="/users/laura" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username">Laura</a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 04/06/2016 - 10:08</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tags--blog-entry.html.twig * field--node--field-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--field-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/https" hreflang="en">HTTPS</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/ssl" hreflang="en">SSL</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/eff" hreflang="en">EFF</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/google" hreflang="en">Google</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/chrome" hreflang="en">Chrome</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:08:25 +0000 Laura 377 at https://monkeysatkeyboards.com No HTTPS? Chrome may tag you non-secure https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/blog/no-https-chrome-may-tag-you-non-secure <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">No HTTPS? Chrome may tag you non-secure</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog-entry.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><img alt="Chrome logo" src="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/sites/default/files/ChromeLogo_0.png" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; margin: 15px; float: left;" title="Chrome logo" />In 2014 <a href="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/upgrade-https-and-boost-search-results">Google announced</a> that websites using an SSL certificate would get a slight bump in search results. <a href="https://monkeysatkeyboards.com/https-pages-now-displayed-first-google-results">Last December</a> they announced that HTTPS pages will get served up before their comparable HTTP versions.</p> <p>Now, it looks like Google will take their support of all things HTTPS one step further in Chrome and will mark all websites that don't serve up an <a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/marking-http-as-non-secure">SSL certificates as non-secure</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://webdesignledger.com/google-http-websites-unsafe/">Web Design Ledger</a> points out that it's not all good news, and I'm sure many small business owners and those running personal websites might agree with their statement that:</p> <blockquote> <p>This change, though being promoted as something to safeguard the web, is being viewed as more of a monopolistic move by Google. By “forcing” webmasters to use HTTPS, Google may or may not make a safer internet, but it surely is making life difficult for the average user who just wishes to have a generic blog or website.</p> </blockquote> <p>Just another reason to maintain a current SSL certificate for your website; you don't want your users to think your site is an any way not a safe place to be. We're secure, are you?</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <a title="View user profile." href="/users/laura" lang="" about="/users/laura" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username">Laura</a> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog-entry.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 02/24/2016 - 16:29</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tags--blog-entry.html.twig * field--node--field-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog-entry.html.twig * field--field-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/google" hreflang="en">Google</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/chrome" hreflang="en">Chrome</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/https" hreflang="en">HTTPS</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tags/seo" hreflang="en">SEO</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:29:23 +0000 Laura 373 at https://monkeysatkeyboards.com