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Old 07-19-2021, 01:22 PM
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The Access Denied problem could be related to the DUC site having parallel HTTP and HTTPS addresses.
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Old 08-08-2021, 09:42 AM
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The Access Denied problem could be related to the DUC site having parallel HTTP and HTTPS addresses.
Wondering if this workaround works for others who are refused DUC access (can't post/alter a post etc)

Copy the URL generated when hitting the “Reply” button and paste it in a new tab
Add an “s” (without the inverted commas) to make the (http) prefix:
https


Perhaps Avid could ask "ms office forums", as this page from 2011 (looks familiar!) seems OK …
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/...ther-home.html

“Yes please!” to having “ENHANCED BY Google” Search Box (right up the top, under the Heading, on every page in every Thread)
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Old 08-08-2021, 09:44 AM
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Default Re: The DUC is struggling

DUC has been broken for a while already and strangest thing is when computer fails iphone with tapatalk succeeds.
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Old 08-08-2021, 10:10 AM
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They changed something so it no longer omits the s from email notifications.
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Old 08-12-2021, 02:52 AM
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They changed something so it no longer omits the s from email notifications.
Work in progress ...

https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2594397&postcount=6
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Yes should have been announced, and a redirect from http to https set up. There is no real fix until the unprotected site goes away. But maybe Avid is planning on doing that and we just jumped the gun?

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The opponents of https here may be underestimating the potential risks involved.
There is just no reason any public (i.e. non toy) website should use open http today..
Https protects users from man in the middle attacks, protects users from easy things like stealing passwords (yes you should not reuse passwords or slight permutations on different services... but people do). Anybody want to guess how many users share passwords across DUC and avid.com and iLok.com? This and other reasons are why companies like Google are pushing for increased adoption of https, and folks have worked to make this all easier for web site owners to deploy. There is just no valid reason why Avid has not implemented https here. If not here, God hope Avid has folks paying attention to security elsewhere. A non-SSL protected user forum associated with corporate website, cloud services, online stores, billing systems, etc, is likely to be an interesting target for a malicious hacker. Oh and folks here with home studios full of valuable equipment... maybe being careful to not share location or other personal information on DUC... it may be possible to grab enough info about those users via a MITM attack to end up locating their studio.
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Anyone with a DropBox, Adobe, Yahoo, Myspace, LinkedIn account and many more has likely had his credentials compromised via past data breaches.
You can check here if your address comes up in one of these databases.
https://haveibeenpwned.com
It's not only about keeping credit card info safe but also about identity theft which can gain access to the latter indirectly. If you are still using the same logins since those breaches happened you'd better change them asap.
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Have I Been Pwoned is a *very* well respected security web site. And since that URL uses https, you can be confident that it's really that web site you are seeing. If your email address is listed there on "sites" you don't think you have been to it's a sign that somebody else may have been using your email address, or some bad sites have some of your data (some "sites" where your email address will be reported consist of data stolen elsewhere). It does not necessarily mean your email account has been compromised, but change your password anyhow.
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... let's just take Jeffro's word for it and assume Avid is once again taking a look into this...
https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=...0&postcount=22
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…I don’t know any security person who would think this is not an issue worth fixing.
Want to guess how many Avid staff might reuse passwords or slight permutations on DUC and Avid in-house systems? Want to guess if they have a corporate password management system or hardware key/2FA authentication implemented for internal systems? Oh what goodies that might reveal?
Want to think what could happen if somebody MITM attacks and gets admin access to DUC and all the non-public info is scraped?
Security happens in layers, https is one of those important layers.
But what an enormous task!
Darryl stated “There is no real fix until the unprotected site goes away

There’s a heap of http prefixes when you consider all Pro Tools versions up to now - and their subsequent Documentation and Downloads, but "if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well":

All past versions of Pro Tools
All Plug-Ins
All Documentation – (PDFs, Read Me, Knowledgebase articles etc. - including links to Drivers)
All should be available in Avid Download Centre (one-stop-shop)


BTW – trying to post this – got redirected into logging in again!
It’s the “Reply” button that goes to a “http”-prefixed site
Copy URL to new tab and add an “s” … make it:
https
… and you’re in!
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Old 08-12-2021, 03:01 AM
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Work in progress ...
Well I get the HTTPS prefix when I press reply and all the DUC should be secure with Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) so no clue why you dont get that when replying ….
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Old 08-12-2021, 03:48 AM
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Well I get the HTTPS prefix when I press reply and all the DUC should be secure with Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) so no clue why you dont get that when replying ….
https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2592952&postcount=5
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I get server not found several times a day this past week
Very annoying and I can’t reply to many threads. Just this reply took 5 tries to stick! Also getting the same screen as when internet is down and we get that white page in Safari with ”server down” message. Getting worse and worse.
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Been getting the old 'you do not have permission' more and more especially when responding to a thread I've already responded to. I get it when I try and quote a post and then I have to post without quoting. And just a couple of days ago I couldn't even do that.
Avid really has to fix this along with using https.
Then again Mercury is retrograde since the start of the month until the 20th.
https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=...6&postcount=20
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I also use Firefox, and have this problem, randomly.
It would perhaps be helpful if anyone not using firefox and have experienced this, would report. To eliminate that it is a firefox problem.
https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=...1&postcount=21
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I use Chrome on Win 10 and can't post new threads.
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Old 08-12-2021, 11:19 AM
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I understand that shortly, most browsers will be defaulting to https only.
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I understand that shortly, most browsers will be defaulting to https only.
Appears Google Chrome's leading the charge - but what about Safari, Microsoft Edge, etc.? Anyway: the sooner, the better!
Some "old" links won't direct when adding an "s" to the prefix - they go nowhere and need re-directing

Meanwhile:


The PDF:

Introduction to Pro Tools | First (digidesign.com)

http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor...irst_85131.pdf

Tiny URL above has http prefix, so use this instead:
https://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppo...irst_85131.pdf
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Old 08-16-2021, 11:46 AM
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MS Edge Chromium usually brings up a warning page about the site I'm trying to visit is not secure. I can click through and go to it if I want.

And using MSEC, I haven't had any of the issues in this thread.

Oh, I probably shouldn't have said that.
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