Rosetta@home News

[AMDave]

Switch to using SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
We updated our project to use SSL. The project URL has thus been changed to https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta. You can reattach the project using this updated URL at your convenience. Please post any issues regarding this update in the discussion thread.

More... (https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=13894)

[vaughan]

Why did they do this?

[Dirk Broer]

Security (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS) reasons, I guess (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#Security). But as everybody knows, upgrading from http to https nowadays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH) is like pissing into the wind: a warm comfy feeling, just for yourself.