Why do I keep getting this? I thought it was something wrong with Opera, but Safari does it too. It's been like that for two days now.
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Why do I keep getting this? I thought it was something wrong with Opera, but Safari does it too. It's been like that for two days now.
It might be a certificate problem that is now present across Apple OS's:
eclecticlight.co
Why won’t Safari open that web page?
Did you think it was only old Mac OS X affected by the Let’s Encrypt certificate expiry problem? No, it’s Safari wherever you can use it. Here’s how to deal with it.
eclecticlight.co
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So I looked it up. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. I don't know if I have that or not. My internet provider is Xfinity, and my router is a Motorola MG7550. I've never had this problem before.
You don’t have one. They’re either paid VPNs or free VPNs. Express VPN is one of the better ones by the cost.
The website has a valid HTTPS certificate with an intermediate certificate from "R3" and a root certificate from "ISRG Root X1".
Most root certificates should be pre-installed on you machine as part of the OS. See "System Roots" in Keychain App . I assume the error message means you machine is lacking the needed root certificate, as a consequence the certificate chain is broken and the site is not trusted.
A possible solution is to click the "lock" icon in the address bar and inspect the certificate chain. Any certificate that comes up as untrusted can be marked as trusted. It is also possible to install a missing (root) certificate in you certificate store.
Most root certificates should be pre-installed on you machine as part of the OS. See "System Roots" in Keychain App . I assume the error message means you machine is lacking the needed root certificate, as a consequence the certificate chain is broken and the site is not trusted.
A possible solution is to click the "lock" icon in the address bar and inspect the certificate chain. Any certificate that comes up as untrusted can be marked as trusted. It is also possible to install a missing (root) certificate in you certificate store.
Here is an important reason to avoid ExpressVPN:
www.reuters.com
ExpressVPN employees complain about ex-spy's top role at company
When a senior executive at virtual private network company ExpressVPN admitted to working on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to hack American machines last week, it stunned employees at his new company, according to interviews and electronic records.
R3 certs are via Lets Encrypt if I mind right, Lets Encrypt's main cert is expiring/expired and presumably will be updated soon. We are preparing for weirdness at my company due to this issue and expect it'll fix itself. But that isn't to say you can rule out a issue on your machine.
Yes, it could be this. If so, then there is nothing you can do on your end.
www.zdnet.com
Fortinet, Shopify and more report issues after root CA certificate from Lets Encrypt expires
Experts had been warning for weeks that there would be issues resulting from the expiration of root CA certificates provided by Lets Encrypt.
www.zdnet.com
We had to issue ourselves new certs today which resolved the issue. This is not a user issue as far as I can tell.Yes, it could be this. If so, then there is nothing you can do on your end.
Fortinet, Shopify and more report issues after root CA certificate from Lets Encrypt expires
Experts had been warning for weeks that there would be issues resulting from the expiration of root CA certificates provided by Lets Encrypt.
I heard about this issue on the news, they said macOS 10.12 Sierra and older will be affected. I am running macOS 10.12 Sierra on a MacBook5,1 and using Firefox most of the time but Safari seems to be working fine as well. I am yet to see that "your connection is not private" warning.
What version of OS X (or macOS) are you running? Old OSes can be affected by this, an OS upgrade can fix it (presuming your Mac isn't really old).
I didn't know that about ExpressVPN, kinda surprised me. My subscription is up in February, will probably move to NordVPN or another viable provider.Here is an important reason to avoid ExpressVPN:
ExpressVPN employees complain about ex-spy's top role at company
When a senior executive at virtual private network company ExpressVPN admitted to working on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to hack American machines last week, it stunned employees at his new company, according to interviews and electronic records.
Nord is pretty shady as well. IVPN, Mullvad and ProtonVPN are the only 3 id trust.
