Website connection.

ScreenNameEE7F065470
ScreenNameEE7F065470 Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited May 2017 in Club Membership #1

Since the website change fairly recently whenever I log on I get a warning that it is an 'Unsafe connection'. Does anyone else get this or know why it happens? 

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  • cyberyacht
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    edited May 2017 #2

    I wouldn't believe anything that appears regarding the operation of the website. This morning the Login appears to broken, as does the unread posts cookie. This website just goes from bad to worse.

  • EasyT
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    edited May 2017 #3

    I presume that this is when accessing the internet from site. All free access wifi is naturally unsecured and hence open to all users ........ hence the unsafe warning. 

  • N1805
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    edited May 2017 #4

    I read somewhere that some Firefox users were getting this message recently. The padlock in the address bar denotes security I understand. What security levels/risks are involved I don’t know. The main club site has one, CT & BBC weather does not as below

  • EasyT
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    edited May 2017 #5

    CT is padlocked on my laptop at home. The only time I see this is when logging onto the unsecured network on site which is open to all and sundry.

  • young thomas
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    edited May 2017 #6

    im using 3g to access CT on ipad, no padlock denoting secured site showing here.....might/change if on the bookings/payments page...

  • brue
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    edited May 2017 #7

    If you click on the symbol eg the padlock or i it will give you further information about security. The Club would have to conform with security standards to use the padlock icon. The least secure would display a red triangle warning. I can see these details via my Chrome connection.

  • N1805
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    edited May 2017 #8

    Thanks for info brue.  I keep learning.

  • SteveL
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    edited May 2017 #9

    Are you on an iPad. If so I am not sure the warning has anything to do with the CAMC wifi, or whatever wifi you are trying to connect to. Since a recent update of IOS it has started showing this for unsecured sites. I just don't use them for anything sensitive like internet banking. Unfortunately to buy Wifi time you have to use the unsecured network. Although the link you put your credit card details into is supposedly a secure link.

  • brue
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    edited June 2017 #10

    It's the https bit which is important, this should protect financial transactions etc you can look up the meaning on the web. An update by your provider will improve levels of protection due to discovered flaws.

  • EasyT
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    edited June 2017 #11

    Are you on an iPad. If so I am not sure the warning has anything to do with the CAMC wifi, or whatever wifi you are trying to connect to. Since a recent update of IOS it has started showing this for unsecured sites.

    Also get this warning when connecting to CC wifi using our android tablets. 

  • cyberyacht
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    edited June 2017 #12

    The latest fiddling under the bonnet by the IT team has probably destroyed any vestige of security that the site may have had.

  • RowenaBCAMC
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    edited June 2017 #13

    Hello marandmar,

    I've spoken to our IT team about this and they have advised that this safe display is based on how people are connecting to the internet i.e. if they are using an 'open network' to connect. Air Angel (providers of the Club's WiFi) have advised us that, when using their service, the message is because the Caravan and Motorhome Club WiFi is an open network. This allows guests to connect their devices without being challenged for a WPA Key. However, the network is secure once the guest has logged into the WiFi. The network uses client isolation to prevent devices from communicating with each other on the network.

    We would like to assure you the Caravan and Motorhome Club uses HTTPS across the board. Further information on internet security is available on www.getsafeonline.org

     

  • N1805
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    edited June 2017 #14

    Rowena - Thanks for that.  Site was very informative for me.

  • ScreenNameEE7F065470
    ScreenNameEE7F065470 Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited June 2017 #15

    No, I'm getting the warning on my home WiFi.

  • ScreenNameEE7F065470
    ScreenNameEE7F065470 Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited June 2017 #16

    Thanks for the info Rowena, but I get the warning on my home WiFi. All other websites are OK.

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2017 #17

    You most certainly should not get that warning on your home network. Normally most internet service providers supply the connection in a locked state. Are you with BT. If so as well as your secure connection, you will also see one on the list of possible connections labelled BT wifi with FON. This is the bit of your hub you give up to others within range who can use it, in exchange for using millions of hotspots. Occasionally when I return home the pad or phone will connect with this rather than the secure connection, triggering the warning. I just need to point it in the direction of the secure link and all is well.

    If this is not the problem you need to get into the settings of your hub/router and enable encryption.

     

  • brue
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    edited June 2017 #18

    Rowena has supplied the correct information, the club uses HTTPS, the S bit stands for secure.

  • ScreenNameEE7F065470
    ScreenNameEE7F065470 Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited June 2017 #19

    Sorted it at last, I did a factory reset on my kindle and now all is rosy. I've just got to reload everything again now, oh joy. Thanks to everyone for the advice, I learnt a bit along the way.

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