#ssl

[fnsilvicot]

Stalker, SSL Katja's horse.

idk but when I try a new drawing program, I always draw this horse

[sshadovv]

big commission for @fnsilvicot <3 Thanks again for commissioning me and for allowing such a great idea to come to realisation! It was pleasure to draw it

[signalcli]

Security, Security… The SSL Story

“We have to get our trust center going IMMEDIATELY!” “YES SIR”, we replied. Pulling aside the IT director, we started discussing what that really meant. One thing led to another, and before we knew it, we found ourselves reminiscing over a few beers…

Rip-off of the 21st Century: How Google Boosted the SSL Industry

Let’s rewind a bit, back to 2010. Dinosaurs weren’t roaming, cars were everywhere — not perfect, sure, but good enough.

Website security was straightforward. Regular websites? Chill, nothing special needed. Websites with logins? SSL was sensible — encrypt usernames and passwords, simple logic. E-commerce sites? Checkout security was a no-brainer. Simpler times indeed — our IT director once casually received over 50,000 credit card details via email (password-protected, naturally!) during a site migration.

Google faced occasional ranking confusion — sites existed as HTTP, HTTPS, www, and non-www versions. A small mess, but manageable and amusing.

Then, suddenly, 2011 arrived. Rumors started swirling: “Google rewards fully HTTPS sites!” Interesting, right? No actual security improvement required, just better SEO rankings and more visitors.

Fast-forward another year: HTTPS became mandatory. Browsers like Chrome began labeling non-HTTPS websites “unsafe,” although security wasn’t the primary reason — more a convenience thing. And certainly not the user’s convenience.

More Encryption, More Resources, More Profits

Encryption — required to support secure communication — isn’t free; it demands additional resources. Additional resources translated into requirements for larger, more expensive servers. Encryption doesn’t merely happen on the server; someone has to decrypt it. While desktops hardly noticed the difference, smartphones certainly did — demanding noticeably more RAM and CPU power. Hardware upgrades surged. SSL certificates became lucrative businesses overnight. Suddenly, free certificates from “letsencrypt” weren’t “good enough.” Companies shelled out money for essentially identical commercial SSL certificates, boosting profits for hosting providers, certificate issuers, and smartphone manufacturers. But wait, there’s more…

New Standards, Same Old Devices

A few years later came newer TLS standards — 1.0 to 1.3. Were newer versions significantly more secure? Only marginally, closing theoretical and academic vulnerabilities never exploited. Yet enforcing standards like TLS 1.2 and 1.3 forced users with older hardware — devices unable to support these new standards — to upgrade unnecessarily, funneling even more profits into the tech industry without boosting real-world security.

Security scanners? Oh god, we absolutely loved those. Our IT director regularly received dozens of panicked emails: “OMG our site is not secure, please help us fix it!” Yet, examining the scan details typically revealed only one “vulnerability”: support for perfectly functioning TLS 1.0. Occasionally, scanners were ordered without proper heads-up, causing our automated security systems to block them immediately. Another flurry of emails followed: “Please unblock our security scanner — it’s unable to scan the website!” But wait — if security was the goal, wasn’t blocking unknown scanners a good thing? “WRONG,” said corporate bosses, demanding immediate unblocking. Logic had officially left the chat…

The Reality of Our Trust Center

This brings us back to our Trust Center dilemma. Our SignalCLI platform’s security rivals Fort Knox. Logging in? Like walking between skyscrapers on a tightrope during a hurricane — fingerprints, selfies, the whole nine yards. Getting information out? Not exactly possible.

Yet, after lengthy debates, we recognized the need for “paperwork security” — documentation and policies designed mainly to appease compliance folks. Welcome to 21st-century security: installing antivirus software on Linux systems — completely unnecessary but required on paper. Bureaucratic security, not practical security.

Now, we’re proud owners of our Trust Center, complete with extensive paperwork that few read but compliance teams adore.

It reminded our IT director of another story, which I’m sure he won’t mind me sharing. A couple of decades ago, he was working for an international company and, wanting to know who he was hiring, insisted on participating in interviews. A candidate walked in, applying for a senior developer position.

“How’s your English?” our IT director asked.

“I have an upper-intermediate level,” the candidate replied confidently, proudly handing over his certificate.

Our IT director (a multilingual guy — and yes, I’m jealous) switched to English: “So, can you continue the interview in English?”

Silence. The candidate couldn’t understand or respond in English. But he had a certificate — that’s the important part, right?

Final Thoughts

Real security matters. Bureaucracy? Not so much.

Still, quite the SSL story, isn’t it?

Be good out there!

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[graymist44]

here's some guys also, i take commissions! (and donats if you want to support me, via payeer)

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

This whole live screams cunt tbh

| Sweet strange live-Sasayaki (囁き)

[fuckyeahbakumatsu]

Happy that SSL is getting localized, but my feelings are also complicated. I will NEVER complain about more Hakuouki content but:

SSL has never been my thing because I feel like with most historical figures, and with the Shinsengumi especially who are very much unique products of their era, taking away their historical origins usually leads to awkward characterization and flimsy motivations. Idk how you make Souji make sense in any other setting. Bro really is obsessed with the principal.

High school sucks. Why can't we hang out with them Somewhere Else

I'm autistic and the whole "maintaining strictly professional relationships with professors because they're your professors and not your friends" is already kinda difficult for me and I don't necessarily need to immerse myself in media that seriously blurs those boundaries. But I will because it's Hakuouki. So wish me luck

But my BIGGEST issue is that SSL is not Reimeiroku. SSL will probably be fun. But I would gladly sacrifice MANY small samples of my blood to Sannan for Reimeiroku (Shinkai!) getting translated. Holy hell do you know how desperately I want to play that fucking game. The anime is so good. I want the whole thing. The bit I've managed to play on my PSP with the help of Google Lens back when I had that kind of time only surpassed my expectations. I keep getting more and more freaked out that it's never going to happen, and SSL getting translated first makes me worry more. Or maybe it's just a good sign that they're still localizing at all? Do you guys think Reimeiroku still has a chance? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[yoursweetvalo]

ATSUSHI, 1998

performing ヒロイン on tv.

bromides bought and scanned by me! 🌸

[little-shogun]

Lord Mongrel fanart

[toruq]

these 2 people 🫶

[fnsilvicot]

SSO and SSL Sabines (and Katjas)

[sshadovv]

A more grown-up Lisa ⭐ I imagined what she would look like a few years after SSL/SSO. Another workout in the old sso\ssl style. love it so much. And also timelapse! (there is a 25th frame showing a piece of my commission, I inserted it by accident. It turned out funny.)

[thedeadlydancer]

I made Asly but in SSL (hakuouki sweet school life)

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Honestly ? If she was a character i would have definetly chose her for love interest ₍⑅ᐢ..ᐢ₎

I will draw more of her in SSL

[graymist44]

[shichidikai]

tagged by the most wonderful @okayprairie to have some fun with putting one of my wips into only the questions and get the cool little result screen, and (after finagling to make the quotation marks behave) it's so neat to see these all lined up like this! passing this along to my lovelies @fruityumbrella @strawhattery @ghost-maya & @summerofspock if you guys would like to! <3 (and honestly anybody else who sees this and wants to, just say i tagged you too bc it's fun!)

[xxxgoffickgirlxxx]

starshine appreciation post

[paigeswiftsea]

im playing starshine legacy for the first time ever wish me luck