16-Jun-2017

WASD 11.1 running!
Contacted mark Daniel directly on the issue and offered him access to the server to have a look at the live environment. As it turned out, there were a few things.
First, the SSL kit installed (1.4) is still based om 0.8.8, where WASD 11.1 requires 1.0.2. Actually, 11.0 ran TLS as well but that one is less restrictive. Than, I remembered why the later version (named SSL!) wasn;t installed – I downloaded the kit and it explicitly stated that this one is incompatibel with the 1.4 version (installed) and would require patches on a number of products – and I canbnot get them – so that’s why I didn’t. (having said that: it’s clear why this kit has a different profix (SSL1 in stead of the expected SSL).
Mark had a diffeernt approach: Het got the certificates I need from Lets’s Encrypt and installed them. Now the secure sites were accessable. Heft left 11.1 running so I could get on.
Well, that was this morning. When I found out that both Firefox and Chrome will access the first secure site acessed, and keep that site at hand when you access another. For isntance: accessing webmail (and login), next access the operator pages, you will have to login on webmail again (it will do so directly since you already did). Otherwise: first login at the operator pages will use that loigin for webmail as well – and you’ll end up in the opertaor page, even when the URL states webmail….

This happpened when HTTP/2 enabled. Without, it seemed fine. Se we left it that way – for the time being.
Not until a few hours later, when Mark notices a missing bit in the HTTP/2 processing on secure sites – a bit hidden in the specs. That has been fixed now, and so |I’m a bit ahead of other WASD users :). And HTTP/2 enabled.

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