Switch Theme:

Firefox has taken a dislike to Dakka?  [RSS] Share on facebook Share on Twitter Submit to Reddit
»
Author Message
Advert


Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
  • No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
  • Times and dates in your local timezone.
  • Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
  • Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
  • Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.




Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Omadon's Realm



Any ideas why it's doing this?



 
   
Made in nl
[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

Checked via Firefox myself, not getting a warning. It may be due to certain ads that are in rotation around your neck of the woods, but I could be wrong.



Fatum Iustum Stultorum



Fiat justitia ruat caelum

 
   
Made in us
Kid_Kyoto






Probably work

It means that the certificate is signed by an Authority that Firefox does not recognize.

Looking at the certificate information, it's signed by Let's Encrypt, which is a relatively new but trustworthy CA. I'm surprised it's not in Firefox by default. Are you on an old version?

Really, all having a certificate signed by any authority means is that you (generally) paid a lot of money to some guys who say "yeah, we recognize these guys who paid us a lot of money". You also don't get these nasty little messages. Honestly, I don't know why Chrome/Firefox bother.

TL;DR: It's probably entirely safe to click the "Add Exception..." button.

Assume all my mathhammer comes from here: https://github.com/daed/mathhammer 
   
Made in au
Incorporating Wet-Blending






Australia

 daedalus wrote:
Really, all having a certificate signed by any authority means is that you (generally) paid a lot of money to some guys who say "yeah, we recognize these guys who paid us a lot of money". You also don't get these nasty little messages. Honestly, I don't know why Chrome/Firefox bother.

Let's Encrypt actually signs certificates for free - it was founded by the EFF to make online security cheap and easy.

The reason why Chrome and Firefox give these warnings is because the certificate authority is vouching for the authenticity of the website. An invalid security certificate can mean that someone is trying to impersonate the website you're visiting but failed to forge that website's security certificate. That might not be a disaster on DakkaDakka, but you don't want it happening on your bank's website without the user being informed in a big scary warning.

"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-C.S. Lewis 
   
Made in us
Kid_Kyoto






Probably work

I was being facetious. When the guy vouching for you isn't much more secure, trustworthy, or reliable than you are, it's not really worth much other than making modern browsers not spook your customers. Last time I checked, Tucows only needed a email of a driver's license as proof of who you were before they'd issue you a certificate, and they're resellers for several CA's. That's scary.

Don't get me wrong; authorities raise the level of effort required to circumvent them, but a false sense of security causes more damage than otherwise.


Edit: Removed some stuff that might have been potentially snide. It was uncalled for.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/04/11 22:22:37


Assume all my mathhammer comes from here: https://github.com/daed/mathhammer 
   
Made in us
Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau




USA

Check your computer's date and time. If it's wildly off it can cause web browsers to fail security certificates because the dates aren't lining up.

   
Made in gb
[ADMIN]
Decrepit Dakkanaut






London, UK

 LordofHats wrote:
Check your computer's date and time. If it's wildly off it can cause web browsers to fail security certificates because the dates aren't lining up.


Yes, this is the most likely cause - if you have a bad battery on your motherboard and the clock resets when you go without power for a while, if the time is more than 6 months in the past, our SSL certificates will throw that error in firefox as we renew with Let's Encrypt every 6 months.

Check out our new, fully plastic tabletop wargame - Maelstrom's Edge, made by Dakka!
 
   
 
Forum Index » Nuts & Bolts
Go to: