Marcs Updater - Issue - Feb. 10, 2013

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 Feb. 10, 2013

Posted on Feb. 10, 2013 12:37 a.m.

tayiper wrote:

Just an occasional feedback. :) I am writing to let you know that I am still getting that certificate related "Security Alert" in the latest 1.5.2.290 version of Marcs Updater.
It seems to me (but really this is just a "feeling", it may have been the same in the previous versions) that in this version it's appearing even a bit more regularly (each time if I restart the service and/or lunch the GUI after that).
I am not an expert at all in SSL security certificates but if I would have to guess what's the reason for this (considering two green check-marks and that one exclamation mark on the window) my guess would be that it's because of an asterisk in the name (i.e. *.marc-hoersken.de), in other words, if the "name on the security certificate" would be "updater.marc-hoersken.de" it would "match the name of the site" and this would not happen.
Anyway, thumbs-up for updating the program (fixing major bugs & little glitches) so often. Tadej P. from Slovenia

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