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Posted By: wendyk

Daily Herald - 09/24/2016 08:29 PM

I've been getting the message saying "your connection is not private" (on my Chromebook) all day today when I try to log onto The Daily Herald's website. Has anyone else had this problem? Suggestions?
Posted By: PML

Re: Daily Herald - 09/24/2016 09:25 PM

I've been getting the same message. I have no idea how to work around it.
Posted By: tmsxmsails

Re: Daily Herald - 09/25/2016 02:17 AM

Have you tried rebooting your machine? Sometimes SSL certificates expire and are not renewed properly. Never hurts to shut things down and start up fresh.

I might also suggest a more descriptive subject line than "Daily Herald".
Posted By: lucca44

Re: Daily Herald - 09/25/2016 02:54 AM

yes---a prompt that says-''-site not recommended''---or words to that effect----additional line that says to''continue''--but not recommended---------------?
Posted By: wendyk

Re: Daily Herald - 09/25/2016 10:34 AM

I just tried the reboot, but still no luck.
Posted By: Bahston

Re: Daily Herald - 09/25/2016 11:25 AM

You're trying to make a secure connection, https://thedailyherald.sx, and their security certificate expired on 9/22/16. They need to renew it. If you change the URL from https to http you'll connect with no error, but it will be an unsecured connection. If you're just reading news and not exchanging any sort of personal info such as credit card numbers then you should be fine.

For more info on http vs. https see:
https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/https.html
Posted By: wilsonck

Re: Daily Herald - 09/25/2016 01:39 PM

It appears they have renewed their SSL certificate and the message is no longer appearing.
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