Forum Posts Feed
OutlinerSoftware.com misconfigured
< Next Topic | Back to topic list | Previous Topic >
Posted by Gorski
Dec 30, 2018 at 07:57 PM
I just reinstalled windows and this is the message that greets me with a clean install of Firefox when I attempt to go to OutlinerSoftware.com (I should also mention that the site has been unreachable from the federal agency where I work for some time):
Your connection is not secure
The owner of outlinersoftware.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.
Learn more…
Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious sites
outlinersoftware.com uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown.
The server might not be sending the appropriate intermediate certificates.
An additional root certificate may need to be imported.
Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER
Posted by Amontillado
Dec 30, 2018 at 09:13 PM
Hmmm… From the outside looking in, the certificate was issued in July 2018 and doesn’t expire until July 2019. I can’t replicate a problem.
Some companies monitor encrypted web surfing with proxies that terminate and then re-establish ssl connections. It could be the company’s man-in-the-middle certificate that’s causing the error.
Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 30, 2018 at 10:05 PM
I’ve noticed this kind of error fairly regularly with Safari in recent weeks. If I type the URL of site that Safari warns about into the location box, instead of clicking the link, then Safari will navigate to the site without warnings—while using https:// To me, this says there’s something broken with Safari and it’s not this Outliner Software site, or any other legitimate site’s, certificate.
Posted by washere
Dec 30, 2018 at 11:02 PM
This happens with chrome too, rarely though, it’s being over zealous with served certificate dates, just click proceed at own’s risk thingy at bottom of that message page. Can check certificates by icon to right of URL address bar iirc. Happens with some other sites too, intermittently.
Posted by washere
Dec 30, 2018 at 11:04 PM
Icon at Left of URL, not right, iirc.