[tor-bugs] #3592 [Website]: lack of web forums

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#3592: lack of web forums
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    Reporter:  cypherpunks  |       Owner:  phobos  
        Type:  defect       |      Status:  reopened
    Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:          
   Component:  Website      |     Version:          
  Resolution:               |    Keywords:          
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:7 atagar]:
 > > How much do you feel like running the forums?
 >
 > I'd be happy to.

 Great!

 > The reason that both the forum and arm's site lacks ssl is that
 Dreamhost has a fee for getting a static ip, and that's a requirement for
 their ssl setup. It isn't much so I should stop being lazy and just do
 that and get a cert.

 Anything where we ask people to make accounts and log in should use https
 by default. Otherwise we're setting ourselves up for a bad experience.

 > - Maybe add a link to the site? I have mixed feelings - we want this to
 be an experiment where we can trivially pull the plug but on the other
 hand its primary worth is as a support forum so it needs to be
 discoverable by first time users. Thoughts?

 We should consider giving it a more official sounding domain name, if we
 want it to have a chance of succeeding. Say, forum.torproject.org. There
 are a bunch of alleged Tor forums out there -- what makes this one
 different from the others if it has an unrelated domain name?

 > I'm under no illusion that phpbb has anything but a horrible security
 record. Given the option I'd opt for different forum software on a
 dedicated VM somewhere.

 Well, we do have the option. We can also set up a dedicated VM for it
 without much trouble. Would that change your plan? If the goal is to see
 if we can build a community, and the plan is that we if we succeeed then
 we will tell them all to start over in some other place... that sounds
 non-ideal. :)

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