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Your connection is not private
Jan 4^th, 2024 at 10:22am

If you are getting a "Your connection is not private" warning, it is because the site's SSL certificate is missing again. Not sure why. I'll give it half an hour then contact hostgator about it.

You should be right to ignore it, as you should not have personal, financial etc information on here, and most of what you send to this site goes public anyway.

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People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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Re: Your connection is not private
Reply #1 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 12:34pm

Update: the person I chatted with at hostgator did not have permission to fix the problem. They pushed it up the chain and the admin will get back to me via email. I am not optimistic as I am still waiting for them to get back to me on another issue I raised on December 10. However, PA had a similar issue with SSL certificates recently which seemed to resolve itself. I forget how long that took.

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People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61818 Here Gender:	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 6:46pm I know you seen this but the error is saying that the certificate expired today. Annoying but a good excuse to work on my nrl supercoach team planning.
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6144 Gender:	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 8:55pm Yes, getting all sorts of dire warnings about the expired certificate.
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Re: Your connection is not private
Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 11:09pm

freediver wrote on Jan 4^th, 2024 at 10:22am:

If you are getting a "Your connection is not private" warning, it is because the site's SSL certificate is missing again. Not sure why. I'll give it half an hour then contact hostgator about it.

You should be right to ignore it, as you should not have personal, financial etc information on here, and most of what you send to this site goes public anyway.

i got this message from my online security/protection program when i tried to load an OzPol page.....
i chose to bypass the block by the program. Shocked

Quote:

Suspicious connection blocked
11 minutes ago

Feature:
Online Threat Prevention

firefox.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to

www.ozpolitic.com.

We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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MattE Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 507 Gender:	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #5 - Jan 5^th, 2024 at 10:05am It is the SSL certificate for cPanel. The connection is secure, but the certificate has expired, which is what Chrome and Edge are picking up. Unsure why the hosting company doesn't see it as a priority as it is a pretty big issue.
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Agnes..

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Re: Your connection is not private
Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2024 at 11:21pm

This server could not prove that it is www.ozpolitic.com; its security certificate expired 2 days ago. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection. Your computer's clock is currently set to Friday, January 5, 2024. Does that look right? If not, you should correct your system's clock and then refresh this page.

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I guess I will stay out for a few days then--as I dont know how to fix this- hopefully hostgator will sort it very soon.

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Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave !!

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53201 At my desk.	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #7 - Jan 6^th, 2024 at 7:35am Hostgator have been a bit slack lately, and have not gotten back to me about this issue yet. I need to renew the hosting at the end of January, so will be shopping around.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53201 At my desk.	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #8 - Jan 7^th, 2024 at 8:46am I contacted hostgator again. They are still working on it. Here is a trick you ca use with google chrome: https://superuser.com/questions/1786439/how-to-force-a-connection-to-a-site-thro ugh-chrome-or-any-other-browsers-you Unfortunately it does not seem to persist.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53201 At my desk.	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #9 - Jan 9^th, 2024 at 7:45pm Looks like both issues are sorted now. Still no communication from hostgator. Apologies for the inconvenience with the security messages.
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11045 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Your connection is not private Reply #10 - Jan 9^th, 2024 at 7:50pm Working OK for me now. No more security message from Firefox when I come here. Thanks freediver.
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