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Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate)

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On 06/08/17 04:29, harry newton wrote:
> I just want to have a normal safe encrypted connection to this web site:
>  https://forums.mtbr.com/
> 
> But I get this error which is what I'm asking you about:
> http://i.cubeupload.com/pNM36t.gif
> 
> The error in words is:
>  Your connection is not secure.
>  The owner of forums.mtbr.com has configured their website improperly.
>  To protect your information from being stolen, Tor Browser has
>  not connected to this website.
>  [Advanced]
>  forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate.
>  The certificate is only valid for the following names:
>  cloudfront.net,*.cloudfront.net
>  Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
>  [Add Exception...]
> 
> Should I press "Add Exception"?
> All I want is to log into the site in a secure encrypted way.

The site owner do not have a certificate for the site, but as it's using
the cloudfront.net service, when you connects with https you get the
default cloudfront.net certificate instead.

If you want to use the https connection sure, but be warned that some of
your connections like cookies, images, links may still go over http
instead of https, as the site will not handle https, but revert to http.

> I'm not sure what is the RIGHT thing to do.
> 
> What I did was press the button to download the certificate.
> Did I need to do that?

It's not bad to look at the certificate, to verify it's cloudfront

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What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) harry newton <harry@is.invalid> - 2017-06-08 02:29 +0000
  Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2017-06-08 07:04 +0200
  Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-06-08 10:08 +0000
  Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2017-06-08 07:41 -0700
  Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2017-06-08 09:26 -0700

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