Comments on: Flurry of activity on the Deki front http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/ Bits on the rampage: Eric Shepherd's blog. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: reed http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82931 reed Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:53:01 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82931 <cite>The reason we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages is because Deki doesn’t support it just for auth. The site should be more responsive if we can use it for auth only. This assumes that MindTouch’s solution is secure and doesn’t include private data in the cookies and so forth. We’ll see what they do.</cite> So, I think the best solution would be to use http for logged-out users and require SSL for logged-in users. That seems reasonable and keeps response time for most people down. The reason we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages is because Deki doesn’t support it just for auth. The site should be more responsive if we can use it for auth only. This assumes that MindTouch’s solution is secure and doesn’t include private data in the cookies and so forth. We’ll see what they do.

So, I think the best solution would be to use http for logged-out users and require SSL for logged-in users. That seems reasonable and keeps response time for most people down.

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82930 sheppy Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:20:19 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82930 Woo -- Deki now has a Wiki.inclusions feature that returns a list of the pages in the inclusion chain, so you can see who included you. This will be enormously useful! Woo — Deki now has a Wiki.inclusions feature that returns a list of the pages in the inclusion chain, so you can see who included you. This will be enormously useful!

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82929 sheppy Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:19:06 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82929 Steve -- yes, that's why I used words like "targeted." We'll see what happens; still, it's exciting to see this stuff being looked at! Steve — yes, that’s why I used words like “targeted.” We’ll see what happens; still, it’s exciting to see this stuff being looked at!

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82928 sheppy Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:17:15 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82928 The reason we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages is because Deki doesn't support it just for auth. The site should be more responsive if we can use it for auth only. This assumes that MindTouch's solution is secure and doesn't include private data in the cookies and so forth. We'll see what they do. The reason we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages is because Deki doesn’t support it just for auth. The site should be more responsive if we can use it for auth only. This assumes that MindTouch’s solution is secure and doesn’t include private data in the cookies and so forth. We’ll see what they do.

]]> By: reed http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82927 reed Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:38 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82927 <cite>The ability to use HTTPS for authentication, then use HTTP for everything else is also on the Lyons list.</cite> Bug 397125 mentions that we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages. Will the above change prevent that in some way? The ability to use HTTPS for authentication, then use HTTP for everything else is also on the Lyons list.
Bug 397125 mentions that we explicitly chose to go with HTTPS for all pages. Will the above change prevent that in some way?

]]> By: Steve Bjorg http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/comment-page-1/#comment-82926 Steve Bjorg Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:14:19 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2009/01/19/flurry-of-activity-on-the-deki-front/#comment-82926 To clarify, while these bugs were assigned to devs for the "Lyons" release, they may still get punted for various reasons. However, they are being investigated and everything we can fix, will be fixed. Whatever doesn't make it, will be retargeted for Lyons+, which will following 2-3 months after Lyons ships. To clarify, while these bugs were assigned to devs for the “Lyons” release, they may still get punted for various reasons. However, they are being investigated and everything we can fix, will be fixed. Whatever doesn’t make it, will be retargeted for Lyons+, which will following 2-3 months after Lyons ships.

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