Thanks To Namecheap For Sponsoring Techdirt's Switch To SSL
from the for-a-secure-internet dept
As some of you know, Techdirt recently completed the process of protecting all Techdirt traffic with full SSL encryption — something we believe every internet company should do. Part of this process involved seeking a sponsor to help us offset the money and time spent getting everything switched over, and today we're happy to announce that Namecheap has stepped up to that role.
We're very happy to work with Namecheap, as the company has established itself as a defender of user rights and an open and secure internet, sharing many of the same values that we espouse here at Techdirt. They were among the first domain registrars to speak up against SOPA, they contributed heavily to the matching funds in our Beacon campaign to raise money for net neutrality reporting, and they do frequent fundraising for groups like the EFF and Fight For The Future.
As part of our sponsorship deal, you'll notice a message from Namecheap at the top of Techdirt, and see a couple more posts highlighting work the company has done and the services it offers — including SSLs.com, Namecheap's SSL certificate shop. We're grateful to Namecheap for its support, which helps our small team keep turning out quality content while juggling important technical upgrades like this one. We hope our readers will take a moment to support Namecheap in return, and check out its services for your needs when it comes to domain names, hosting and security certificates.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
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I'm actually kind of disappointed that Techdirt isn't returning secret messages in its HTTP headers.
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Oddly enough, I don't recall the past posts about Namecheap, so I'm glad the history and value set were mentioned as well. I never would have been drawn to them by the branding. (Trying to be honest, not rude or overly critical, but it sounds that way no matter how I word it.)
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Is this... new?
(I like Namecheap, we migrated everything from g*d***y to Namecheap back in the SOPA protest days. Namecheap's certificate administration interface is WAY better than g*d***y's.)
Oh, and get with the times: SSL is dead since POODLE, it's all TLS now.
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While we've "supported" HTTPS/SSL/TLS for a while now, it's only since June that we've defaulted to it and made sure all Techdirt resources are served over a secure connection. But the news here is Namecheap coming on board as a sponsor of that move.
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I'm here to shill for Namecheap
Awesomeness #1 is their Nameservers update immediately. It's usually seconds between me updating A records and DNS servers all over getting the update. Which leads me to . . .
Awesomeness #2 Namecheap has been accepting Dynamic Name updates from my pfSense boxes for years. That completely untethers me from any of the usual Dyn providers (that can be kind of clunky to use).
The only not-great experience tied to Namecheap wasn't even their fault but they fixed the problem anyway.
Shortly after I had made a purchase at Namecheap, the purchase guarantee provider used by my bank canceled the credit cards I used because Namecheap was an "Internet company", therefore must have been a target for fraudulent purchases - ala NewEgg.
I sent Namecheap a headsup about the boneheads my bank used.
Next month, Namecheap followed up that after 30 days of dialog w/ my bank, etc. - they got policy changed to make sure I wouldn't be inconvenienced again.
I can't name another company I use for anything that would go that far out of their way on my behalf.
Why people still use a craphole like GoDaddy when in-every-way-superior Namecheap is available just baffles me.
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while I truly appreciate namecheap sponsoring techdirt...
We are constantly working to implement DNSSEC feature, something that apparently has been the case (with no ETA) for many years now.
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Originaly was cheapssls.com but they recently re-branded to ssls.com.
I have nothing bad to say about them, the one time I needed support they were very responsive.
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I really don't care
Really not important to me.
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SSL will help to prevent Man In The Middle attacks such as injecting or altering content, adding malicious drive by exploits, etc.
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At long last!
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Figures.....
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Good to see you provide a place to wipe my feet before entering your fine establishment, instead of leaving my galoshes and shoes at the door. It surprises me that more tech sites are not keeping up in this regard.
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Questionable agreement
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I think they could do better, anyway, if they really want to be seen as defending rights (there is an entire industry build around providing indemnity coverage to people...); even without such a clause, I'm sure they could sue users to recover amounts they're actually at fault for. Just because all companies are awful doesn't mean they shouldn't try.
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Thanks Namecheap!
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NameCheap
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All very nice, but...
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