Is this still true? It's from a post in 2003, but just want to make sure.
From this thread: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=63&highlight=secure+control
I might add, that at this time, our autoupdate feature will try to connect to DirectAdmin using a regular connection, meaning non-https, so if you have it enabled, your panel will never know that it should go update. You can just keep an eye on the current available version # and click "update" from the licensing screen... that is, until we get the updater to also try https when http fails.
John
From this thread: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=63&highlight=secure+control