[ubuntu-za] Chrome secure site issues

chesedo pehshelchesed at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 08:39:01 UTC 2016


Also check if you do not maybe have a proxy setting in Firefox or Chromium?

Pieter


On 11/15/2016 10:36 AM, Wikus Van Dyk wrote:
>
> Hmmm , interesting. I am not behind a firewall. Private connection on 
> a normal ADSL with auto ip on one machine , and Telkom mobile also 
> with auto ip on the other machine.
>
> Of those sites you listed I only use takealot as well. Went in there 
> now , works for me also.
>
> So seems I am just unlucky that most of the ones I use has an issue 
> and the issue is server side.
>
> So now I wonder if it's safe to access problematic ones with firefox 
> that don't give an error , or should I rather wait until
> chromium don't have an issue with them any more. But some I access on 
> daily basis and will be difficult not to use.
>
> - Wikus
>
>
> On 15/11/2016 10:24, Charl Le Roux wrote:
>> All I try work for me, the below examples as well.
>>
>> What I found at some clients are, if you are on their network they 
>> use a firewall technology that inserts itself between you and the 
>> network, essentially a man in the middle attack, so that they can 
>> monitor that passes through their firewall. Chromium then gives you 
>> the same error.  Are you behind a corporate firewall? Or maybe your 
>> ISP fiddling in between.
>>
>> takelot.com <http://takelot.com>
>> yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com>
>> openwrt.org <http://openwrt.org>
>> letsencrypt.org <http://letsencrypt.org>
>> opendns.com <http://opendns.com>
>> bitx.co <http://bitx.co>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15 November 2016 at 10:00, Wikus Van Dyk <mazal.wikus at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:mazal.wikus at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On my pc it is ALL https sites I visit. With a very few
>>     exceptions , like gmail is one that works.
>>     It's defnitely not just ABSA's site that has a problem.
>>     The ABSA one on the pic I just added as an example for the list
>>     to see the error.
>>
>>     And with firefox all https sites I visit work. Including ABSA in
>>     the example and all the others that gives errors as well works.
>>
>>     So does a whole bunch of sites suddenly have a certificate
>>     problem ? And if so why does firefox work with them and chromium
>>     not ?
>>
>>     - Wikus
>>
>>
>>     On 15/11/2016 09:47, Charl Le Roux wrote:
>>>     There seem to be a problem with the ABSA certificate. I connect
>>>     to gmail, afrihost and rmbprivatebank as an example, without a
>>>     problem, so I don't think you can say 'all' https sites present
>>>     a problem.  Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and chromium browser.
>>>
>>>     On 15 November 2016 at 09:15, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:antonmay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Yip, also picked it up with my home Ubuntu, but with my work
>>>         Mint, it's fine.
>>>
>>>         On 15 November 2016 at 08:56, Wikus Van Dyk
>>>         <mazal.wikus at gmail.com <mailto:mazal.wikus at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hallo everyone ,
>>>
>>>             Using Ubuntu 16.04 64bit , updated.
>>>
>>>             The last few days chromium can't connect securely to any
>>>             https site. Saying it's unsafe and connection is not
>>>             private.
>>>             Firefox though has none of these issues on the same
>>>             sites and shows all of them secure.
>>>
>>>             This happens on both my Ubuntu pc's and is not just one
>>>             one specific pc.
>>>
>>>             ( see attached pics for example )
>>>
>>>             Has chromium developed a problem ? Or is firefox less
>>>             strict ? I prefer to use chromium but this makes me nervous.
>>>
>>>             - Wikus
>>>
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