[ubuntu-za] Chrome secure site issues

Wikus Van Dyk mazal.wikus at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 08:43:53 UTC 2016


Nope no proxy. Auto everything , except for DNS. DNS I use google's as 
my ISP's DNS is broken often.

- Wikus


On 15/11/2016 10:39, chesedo wrote:
>
> Also check if you do not maybe have a proxy setting in Firefox or 
> Chromium?
>
> Pieter
>
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> 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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