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    • MPEC 2017-X05 : MINOR PLANET CENTER AND HTTPS:

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    M.P.E.C. 2017-X05                                Issued 2017 Dec. 2, 03:14 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
    on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                        MINOR PLANET CENTER AND HTTPS:

     The Minor Planet Center announces that it will shortly switch its website
over to the https: protocol and switch off access via the http: protocol.  This
change has been mandated by both our funding agency (NASA) and our host
institution (SAO).  We intend to make the switch on Monday, December 11.

     Browser access to our website after the switch-over should be unaffected,
except for those browsers with very old SSL/TLS support.  This transparent
change (for the majority of users) will be achieved using automatic redirects
and HTTP Strict Transport Security.  Users may have to upgrade their browsers
to versions with newer SSL/TLS support, or switch to using another browser.

     Programmatic access to the site may be more problematic, as success will
be dependent on the relevant library supporting redirects and SSL.  In our
tests we have had success with cURL version 7.19.7 (released in late 2009): the
latest stable version is 7.56.2.  We have not done extensive checking on
compatibility due to the large number of packages that might be used and the
multiple versions of the libraries.

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2017 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2017-X05

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