Your connection is not private [solved and doesn't make sense]
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:39 am
I noticed some strange behaviour in the last weeks. When I visit linuxbbq.org/bbs on Chrome and Safari, I get the error
"Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.linuxbbq.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID" etc etc
Safari (OSX) brings a similar error message, just much shorter. I usually override this by visiting our forums in links or w3m, or on the mobile phone (both iOS and Android's Chrome browser work fine)
Today, however, I tried following route on Chrome on the PC:
1) google for LinuxBBQ
2) choose "visit cached page" right behind the link to our forums
3) get the cached version, it shows the "Time now is September 25, 2017 13:05" or so. Now click on one of the sub-forums' links
4) this redirects to a live version of the page, for example here, to the support forum
5) be curious and login in with username and password
6) the time now is the actual time, so it proves the site is not cached anymore
7) everything works as expected. I just wonder WTF I can not get here by simply visiting "https://linuxbbq.org/bbs"
tl;dr: when I visit linuxbbq.org/bbs through a cached version and then step out of the cached version, everything works as expected. Visiting the linuxbbq.org pages by entering their links into the address bar fails with a CERT error.
I do use ExpressVPN, however, the problem persists independently of VPN being turned on.
Ideas?
"Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.linuxbbq.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID" etc etc
Safari (OSX) brings a similar error message, just much shorter. I usually override this by visiting our forums in links or w3m, or on the mobile phone (both iOS and Android's Chrome browser work fine)
Today, however, I tried following route on Chrome on the PC:
1) google for LinuxBBQ
2) choose "visit cached page" right behind the link to our forums
3) get the cached version, it shows the "Time now is September 25, 2017 13:05" or so. Now click on one of the sub-forums' links
4) this redirects to a live version of the page, for example here, to the support forum
5) be curious and login in with username and password
6) the time now is the actual time, so it proves the site is not cached anymore
7) everything works as expected. I just wonder WTF I can not get here by simply visiting "https://linuxbbq.org/bbs"
tl;dr: when I visit linuxbbq.org/bbs through a cached version and then step out of the cached version, everything works as expected. Visiting the linuxbbq.org pages by entering their links into the address bar fails with a CERT error.
I do use ExpressVPN, however, the problem persists independently of VPN being turned on.
Ideas?