Need your EXPERT OPINION quickly please

[casse2go]

Do you guys have anything that can determine if this site is okay to enter?

https://tweeterwall.mallplace.com/tw/worldwide/elite-mr-twitter-universe

[patio]

I cannot and haven't been able to connect to the site...
Hope this helps.

[evilfantasy]

Thats the same site. The whole web site is not working.

This is the main site https://mallplace.com

The tweeterwall address is just a page, or maybe a subdomain within that web site. If you can't get to the main site (domain) then you can't get to the rest of it either.

Edit: Thats a very crude description of a website but I think it is accurate enough for how this one works. 

[casse2go]

Okay, ef, this site is open to voters from around the world and right now the thousands of tweeters have been limited to 100 and so millions of ppl are trying to vote. The hours are dwindling down to 7 in the morn.

So maybe that spam to you.

Patio, thanks for trying to help I'll just go back  and keep trying, It''' let me in sooner or later. And after tomorrow Mallplace will wish they had never done this contest. Don't start with me EF...Please

Readng the added msg from ef... do you want some of the ppl who are voting to contact you. I'm telling you they are voting in there. they say it is slow and the numbers change slowly but they do get the "+" sign and they do see the number change. I'm just not able to help David. SHUT UP EF.

[evilfantasy]

Don't worry, I said all I was going to about him.

The server is located in the UK and the web site in Germany. (I'm pretty sure)

If you are not in that country then that could be part of the problem. It could be bottlenecked, but I doubt his votes alone are what has it jammed up. There are a bunch of these same polls or whatever they are hosted there.

But like I said I even tried a few different proxies and it was down to them also.

[casse2go]

Thanks ef, I know some of that. Please what does this mean, concerning http and https...It's an excerpt from my email. As I said we have been going back and forth for days about this site.

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Sally:  This link uses an “https” prefix rather than the usual “http” prefix.  I wrote Minna a bit earlier about this, and here’s the email I received just a few moments ago in response to my attached question:

 

hey Katheryn,

I get server errors anywhere I try to enter the mallplace.com site. Their service provider is probably unhappy with them at the moment. ;-)

As for the https site, mallplace.com SELLS stuff and needs a secure server for that, but I don't know why they would assign secure connection to a simple voting page. Secure pages load a lot slower than regular web pages. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol to transfer encrypted data over the Web. Information is sent in encrypted form, not as plain text. Therefore, a 'sniffer' can't surreptiously retrieve it. But voting fans aren't sending such info, so security is not required.

If someone gets into the https site at mallplace.com -- I'm getting network errors -- they ought to make sure that the URL wasn't redirected to another site. Keep your eye on the browser's status bar as the website loads. Look for the word 'redirect'. I doubt if this is happening.

Hope you had a nice weekend.

[evilfantasy]

http is what most websites use and https is a secure server. For websites that sell stuff. It's kind of like a firewall only for websites.

but I don't know why they would assign secure connection to a simple voting page.

Kind of makes me even suspicious also. There is no need to secure the server like that for polls.

That link is plastered all over MySpace, Twitter and so on. I'm pretty sure it's a "pay for click" site. Meaning they don't care about the people visiting. Any traffic they can get makes them money and they are likely exploiting emails and maybe even selling them. I would be very wary about what information they want from you.

Hope you had a nice weekend.

Thanks and you too. 

[casse2go]

lol...pay per click? Excuse me for laughing believe me it's through my anger. I'm s furious I could spit bullets. So you mean that for each of those numbers in each of those countries they maybe getting paid? So they could care less about this contest. It's a front.

Excuse me again, my skin is crawling. Okay here is something else, yo touched upon this ef.

This site is running this type of contest in each of the countries rep, by flags in the top of the page. So is each of those countires on a different or same server prolly? because I can access a lesser contest but not the big Elite one that has 100 entrants.

And EF this was a convo between two other ladies. But you're cute to say that.

[BC_Programmer]

it uses SSL but it's certificate is self-signed, meaning it's basically worthless:



Making things more interesting, I did a search for "plesk" via google, to find out what it was. It's a signing authority.

But, I think what's happening here, is a "sample" from plesk is being used on the active web-site. What it boils down to is that, even though it is using the https protocol, it isn't secure at all. They probably would do this in order to "trick" people into thinking it's safe to enter personal information, but I'm just speculating.

[casse2go]

Thanks for all the help guys. I'm getting into the site but I can't vote because that little "+" sign is not there.

[Rob Pomeroy]

Plesk is not a certification authority - it's a server/domain management tool.  It can generate SSL certificates.  ISPs often provide Plesk as a control panel for their customers.

[kpac]

Kind of makes me even suspicious also. There is no need to secure the server like that for polls.

People's peace of mind, maybe? Depending on how important that poll actually is, maybe an SSL connection would be necessary.

[evilfantasy]

No, the more I see the more I know it's just a scam site.

[evilfantasy]

Here is a web site that is promoting this mallplace.com. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/snarkyarchies.com

Not good.

[BC_Programmer]

Plesk is not a certification authority - it's a server/domain management tool.  It can generate SSL certificates.  ISPs often provide Plesk as a control panel for their customers.

Thanks Rob! So what does this mean, then? If the certificate is intended for "plesk" and is being used by this other site?