All wiki pages in griffin use encrypted connection (“https:” rather than “http:”). Why? When/if you create an account to use in a wiki section in griffin, I like your password not to be passed around as clear text. This protects you. The encryption (plus the storage of your password as a hash value on the server) means that nobody will ever know the password except you (if the password is reasonably strong, which MoinMoin ensures). Also, note that, in general, wiki pages in griffin are not public.
As of Apr. 29, 2011, griffin uses a well-recognized commercial “certificate authority” as its SSL certificte signer. What does this mean for users? If they use well-known browsers, they do not have to do any thing special to connect to griffin securely.
Normally, you do not need to read below this line at all. Read on, only if you have implemented some manual SSL configuration right before Apr. 29, 2011, to connect to griffin wiki(s) securely.
If you have done something like importing the CA certificate of griffin into your browser or your system already, I apologize. Please undo those steps. That CA certificate is no longer necessary. However, on the bright side, perhaps you learned a thing or two about how this SSL connection business works. These two outdated links are kept to help you undo the steps you may have followed.
