Google Chrome soon to mark all HTTP traffic as insecure

Web browsers have been gradually encouraging websites to phase out HTTP traffic in favour of HTTPS traffic (secure encrypted browsing, usually associated with green padlocks / green bars). Some examples of this are displaying warnings if pages contain log in forms / credit card forms and are not served via HTTPS.

Google have announced that version 68 of Google Chrome, due July 2018, will flag up ALL sites served over the http:// protocol as insecure. This is likely to have substancial impact because Google Chrome is now used by over 50% of users and therefore other browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge etc) will likely follow suit.

It is vital that by then your website is serving all traffic securely over https:// with a valid SSL certificate. We offer a range of SSL certificate options to achieve this and can assist you every step of the way by providing the certificate, installing, renewing and monitoring it for any problems.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to us by emailing support@anu.net.

[Scheduled Maintenance] Amsterdam 1 datacenter, 8-9th August 2017

Our Amsterdam 1 datacenter will be performing software updates on core access switches between 8th August 2017 at 11PM and 9th August 2017 at 3am CEST.

A reboot is required to apply this particular software update therefore you will experience a network outage of 3 to 6 minutes in the specified time window.

We thank you for your understanding and apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at support@anu.net.

Update 09/08/2017: The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Roundcube Webmail Upgraded

Hosted Email clients who use our Roundcube Webmail service frequently should notice that the interface has changed very slightly and will now generally respond much faster and provide a smoother experience.

Roundcube 1.3.0 was released on the 26th of June (https://roundcube.net/news/2017/06/26/roundcube-webmail-1.3.0-released). We have upgraded Roundcube to this version and also migrated to newer hardware (an Intel Xeon CPU powered server with modern SSD disks) and upgraded the software stack (PHP 7.0.20, MySQL 5.7 and Apache 2.4.26). We are committed to keeping our products up to date, fast and secure.