Impetus: Web Site Name Change

Most of the content on our site has already been changed from using the hostname www.math.hawaii.edu to the hostname math.hawaii.edu.  However portions of the site that use SSL encryption, such as login pages and pages using our grade lookup servlet, continued to use the full name www.math.hawaii.edu.  This is because the SSL encryption is tied directly to the host name and our SSL certificate has always used the longer name.  Our new SSL certificate will use the shorter ‘math.hawaii.edu’, and will allow us to encrypt and password protect additional content such as wordpress pages.

Impact: Modifications Required for Existing Web Pages

If you have pages that use SSL encryption, such as a grade lookup page, links within them and links that point to them need to be updated.  Such links will need to be changed from https://www.math.hawaii.edu to https://math.hawaii.edu.  For our grade lookup pages, the link to change is the ACTION field in the “form” section of your grade lookup page.  I can do any needed SSL edits on your pages upon request.

Note that once the certificate is changed, links pointing to https://www.math.hawaii.edu will result in web browser security warnings for those browsing our site.  They will still be able to proceed to the pages but will have to accept a security warning.  Also note that some of your personal bookmarks/favorites may need to be updated to avoid getting the warning.

If you have any questions please contact me.