{"id":305,"date":"2017-11-28T13:39:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tootsbook.com\/tootsbook\/?p=305"},"modified":"2017-11-28T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:47:39","slug":"certificate-issues-with-tootsbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tootsbook.com\/tootsbook\/2017\/11\/certificate-issues-with-tootsbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate issues with Tootsbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since about 5am (Eastern time) some users are experiencing intermittent connection issues with Tootsbook. We’re looking into it, but it seems there may be a problem with the SSL Certificate used to ensure browsing privacy.<\/p>\n

Visiting Tootsbook at http:\/\/tootsbook.com\/ (instead of https:) seems to work, but it’s possible others can tell what pages you’re reading. This may be only a small invasion of privacy, but it’s a risk you should be aware of, not only for Tootsville, but on the Web in general.<\/p>\n

Update (13:30):<\/p>\n

Brief outages seem to have appeared around the following times, but things seem to be all right now. (Times US\/Eastern)<\/p>\n

04:57\u201005:19; 06:47\u201007:15; 12:27\u201012:54<\/p>\n

Update (13:40):<\/p>\n

The 12:27\u201012:54 outage might actually have been caused, at least partially, by our troubleshooting efforts.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What is TLS (SSL)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

T<\/strong>ransport L<\/strong>ayer S<\/strong>ecurity (TLS) keeps the \u201cconversation\u201d between your web browser and a web server private. You can tell you’re using TLS (formerly called SSL) because a URI (web address) will begin with \u201chttps<\/strong>:\u201d and your browser should show a \u201clock\u201d or similar indication beside that address.<\/p>\n

It’s most important for very private information, like credit card numbers or passwords, but it’s generally a good idea to encrypt everything<\/em> you send over the web. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a tool to help ensure that you use TLS wherever possible, called Https Everywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n

You can check your browser’s TLS with https:\/\/www.howsmyssl.com\/<\/a> instantly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What went wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honestly, we’re not really sure, but \u201csomething\u201d caused a \u201cglitch\u201d in the certificate that Tootsbook.com uses to establish a TLS connection. We’ll be monitoring it as always to see if it reoccurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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