mccoy Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 I've having some troubles to connect to the forum. Apparently, some security certificate expired. Chrome just prevents me to connect. The Microsoft browser warns me that this is not safe... I wanted to attach the Chrome screen but apparently some script has been disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 The other message on MS explorer is this one (it keeps popping up, either that I answer yes or no): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibiriak Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 I got something similar with my browser, but I made an exception for the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thanks sibiriak for reminding, I've changed the privacy settings in chrome let's see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 What happens is that I'm bounced back to the warning, the exceptions are apparently ignored. I'll keep trying some other way. In this station I cannot use explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hi McCoy and Sibiriak! The problem is, that the CR Society Forums is supposed to be a secure website -- with URL starting with "https:\\" rather than "http:\\". I tried Google chrome, then Opera -- neither enabled me to complete this simple post. I am currently using Firefox -- happily, this browser (which used to be my preferred browser before I switched to Chrome) allowed me to add a PERMANENT EXCEPTION, allowing me (I believe) to use the Forums without problems (I don't think anything that I post on the Forums is a security threat to me. Theoretically, a malicious intruder could learn my CR Society password, and post in my name, or edit my posts. This doesn't seem to be a real problem to me. The old CR Society mailing lists were not secure.) So I recommend using Firefox, until the CR Society board member who takes car of the website fixes the problem. -- Saul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibiriak Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 I'm using Firefox; no problem after allowing the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianA Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 To the site admin: you can get a free certificate through https://letsencrypt.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete533 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 I have problems with firefox. Can only use Chrome or windows. I have to click go to unsafe each page I try to access. Wish someone would fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Ray!! Happily, the individual who selflessly maintains the CR Society website has fixed the problem! I guess that he renewed the security certificate -- which of course costs some money, paid for by the CR Society, but is obviously necessary. Thanks Tim! (BTW, contributions to the CR Society are tax deductible.) -- Saul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 To the site admin: you can get a free certificate through https://letsencrypt.org/ Good to know about that! I had no idea there was a reputable free source for SSL certs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianA Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Yeah there are even various projects to make installing them easier. Here's one: https://certbot.eff.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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