Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > alt.os.linux > #44758

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

From John Doe <always.look@message.header>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.networking, free.spam
Subject Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate)
Date 2017-06-08 10:12 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <ohb7v7$7sf$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <ohacq6$167$1@gioia.aioe.org>

Cross-posted to 3 groups.

Show all headers | View raw


MTBR sucks anyway.

Try a better forum...

http://www.bikeforums.net




-- 

harry newton <harry@is.invalid> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Then I pressed the button to confirm the certificate.
> 
> After a bunch of warnings it let me in with dashes along the http.
> http://i.cubeupload.com/hUBZXl.gif
> 
> Did I do the right steps?
> How do I undo what I did if not?
> 
> Can someone just explain what is going on to a networking noob?

Back to alt.os.linux | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

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) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-06-08 10:08 +0000
  Re: What do do? (forums.mtbr.com uses an invalid security certificate) John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2017-06-08 10:12 +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

csiph-web