[Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
David Kozinn, K2DBK
k2dbk at arrl.net
Sat Mar 31 13:10:35 EDT 2018
A little digging shows that this is hosted by qth.com. It might be possible
to have a single website (dx4win.com) not redirected to https, but A) That's
a terrible idea, and B) Sooner or later this is going to become a problem
for almost every website, as https is becoming standard for everyone.
The only short-term workaround that I can think of would be to host the
actual files on a different website without https and work up a manual
process to download and install. (No Jim, I am not suggesting
son-of-dxupdate-for-XP-only).
-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Rick Murphy
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:59 PM
To: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
Cc: DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Ed Stratton W1ZZ wrote:
>
> The DX4WIN website was issued a new security certificate on March 12
> that is incompatible with Windows XP. If you try to access the URL:
>
> https://www.dx4win.com/
>
> using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, which is the latest for Windows
> XP, that access will fail.
>
> I believe that's correct. Rick, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
That's it. Either the March 12th website certificate update caused this, or
whomever is running the dx4win.com website enabled automatic redirection
from http to https.
To support Windows XP, that redirect will need to be turned off.
Unfortunately, this has a security impact for everyone not running Windows
XP.
73,
-Rick
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Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA
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