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2026.01.04

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The web interface on my downstairs server got a refresh the other week and I decided that the next step should be to get it SSL-secured since a lot of browsers create an enormous pandemonium now if a site lacks a CA-signed certificate.

I got a 1-year certificate as a test from dynu.com.
To me, the whole business of CA-signed certificates, which is what pacifies modern browsers, is a performative nonsense.
There's any number of ways in which someone might get their hands on those certificates and install them on their own server.

Changing the domain name to point to another server in the first place would be far more difficult in my view.
The process really emphasised to me how these practices are thrown around now and complicate matters, yet offer nothing more than a placebo level of security.

Anyhow, this procedure here for adding the certificate into XAMPP was a great walkthrough that worked for me right away:
	XAMPP SSL Configuration and Installation Guide for Windows

One thing I do not recommend is following this article, which google gave me, and has all the hallmarks of being an AI product:
	How to Install an SSL Certificate on XAMPP - DEV Community
Once I followed this, step-by-step, the Apache service wouldn't start afterwards, so I had to undo all the changes to the configuration files in notepad.

Well, now it works, but I'll keep the default link on the site set to HTTP for a week just to test it a little further.

The reason that I'm doing this is to put my ducks in a row.
I have a feeling that independent websites are going to face even more fun and games this year.
We've already had DDOS attacks aimed at all message boards, legislative changes to gatekeep online content, and enormous increases in hardware and energy costs.
I'm not sure what comes after that, but I'm sure there'll be something.

Starlog
At the same time, I've had a little bidding war to get copies of the Japanese Starlog magazines that contain some features on X Bomber.
We already have a really great scan of the poster featuring the characters from one issue, done by Vanessa: one of our forum veterans.
I seriously doubt that I'll be able to improve on that. I think the document was sent off to be scanned professionally.

In any case, I'll be able to see if there's anything else in the magazine about X Bomber, and I can get a better scan of the white-on-black Dai-X cutaway that's in the other issue, which is really just a larger variation of the one in the UK Fantastic Films magazine.

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