Marcs Updater - Issue - Nov. 18, 2012

There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.

If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json:

{
    "name": "DynDNS.org (Test)",
    "endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update",
    "method": "GET",
    "queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}",
    "dataPayload": "",
    "defaults": {
        "username": "test",
        "password": "test",
        "hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org"
    }
}

Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}, {HOSTNAME} and {MYIP}. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.

Issue created on Nov. 18, 2012

Posted on Nov. 18, 2012 4:50 p.m.

tayiper wrote:

Hello Marc after some time... Just as a "by the way", that "SSL certificate" issue still exists; in fact it has existed in all the versions of Marcs Updater released after the one release for which you said (in the description of changes/fixes) that you've fixed it. It doesn't bother me much at all (therefore I hesitated so long to even mention this), but just so that you know... It's the very same thing: two green check-marks and one yellow exclamation mark (and you need to press Yes). Of course, this happens only if you start/close the service and/or tray component often (as I am used to). So again, for most users it's probably not even a bit annoying (and again, ss mentioned, it doesn't bother me too). Best regards, Tadej from Slovenia

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Posted on Nov. 18, 2012 5:45 p.m.

Marc wrote:

Hi Tadej, thanks for bringing it up again. I am simple too busy to fix this at the moment and actually I don't have a clue about the problem source. The domain is updater.marc-hoersken.de and the certificate includes marc-hoersken.de and *.marc-hoersken.de. This means that certificate is valid for the domain unless some Man-in-the-Middle or Proxy is trying to do something with your connection. Or it's an outdated client that does not support wildcard certificates. The main problem is that this happens inside the WinAPI and I am unable to control it. As a matter of fact, there shouldn't even be a popup since the same call might be done from a service application without a GUI.

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