Observer II Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 I've had a security warning that this site is insecure - anyone else had it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Yes It came up last night for me as well. This is not good. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 I got this last night and again now, on Firefox and Microsoft Edge. I'm staying away until it's fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 12:52 PM, asperity said: I got this last night and again now, on Firefox and Microsoft Edge. I'm staying away until it's fixed. It is fixed and doesn't appear to have caused any issues - this things happen from time to time and I just generally caused by browser updates and cookies deciding something is unsafe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 I do know that flash content plays some funny tricks with my browsers at present due to being discontinued. for instance any flash webgame in firefox crashes the video driver for a short while. oh well soon be christmas....again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Gary said: It is fixed and doesn't appear to have caused any issues - this things happen from time to time and I just generally caused by browser updates and cookies deciding something is unsafe Thanks Gary, though I'm still getting a warning that signing in "may" be unsafe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gary Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/6/2020 at 7:50 PM, Observer II said: It has returned for me as well but we have flagged the issue with invision who are looking into it and coming up with a fix - but I am told it is perfectly safe to log in and use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 I will try one more time. This site is as safe as it ever was, just get on with it while they sort out the misconfiguration. Gary is not just saying that, it is true. I get this displayed on by Edge Browser on Windows10 It is already giving a message the https is crossed out. That is all that is wrong, but you didn't use https before - it was always just http. With https the server and your computer negotiate a set of encryption keys so that the http (hypertext transfer protocol) can carry web pages and responses). People use https i.e.(hypertext transfer protocol secure) so things like passwords and credit card numbers and cvv numbers with real value can sent with out fear of a man in the middle copying them and reusing them. The NOT secure refers to the fact that you shouldn't make purchases on the link to the server or disclose personal information. This is just what Edge tells you Your connection isn't private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from forum.warrington-worldwide.co.uk (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Look at the bottom line ERRor Certificate Common Name Invalid Press advanced It now adds This server couldn't prove that it's forum.warrington-worldwide.co.uk; its security certificate is from *.cloudfront.net. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection. Continue to forum.warrington-worldwide.co.uk (unsafe) Someone has indeed put an invalid certificate where it wasn't needed. Your browser can see it is a valid certificate from Cloudfront. It is seemingly being used for encrypting http in transit across the Internet. The default behaviour if you continue is to cross out the https to warn you not to send confidential information. so as in the first display in the mail and it uses red to remind you not to send confidential information including passwords with value. So just press the continue option and notice the warning but take a sensible view that you understand what it is saying and it does not affect your intended use of the site. Now you lot are seasoned users, and don't usually get a secured connection on this site anyway, so stop messing about and start using it again. Your browser isn't clairvoyant, it doesn't know things about the site that you can't see. Time to get on chaps and eventually the bozo in the US who put the certificate in will fix it. The really big problem is if you lack the confidence to get as far as reading this post of course! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 well this morning i got the warning, which i ignored. when i logged on just now no warning, business as usual, so looks to be sorted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Yep that's fixed it and now we've even got the padlock that I don't think we had before the big warnings. Good stuff! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, Bill said: Yep that's fixed it and now we've even got the padlock that I don't think we had before the big warnings. Good stuff! Bill Correct. The fix was to put an Amazon Cloudfront certificate up and leave https enabled. The Common name is now correct, CN = forum.warrington-worldwide.co.uk, and so the padlock appears. I guess they just enabled tls/ssl on all the forums and waited for people to moan about the certificates and lose revenue while they fixed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Fortunately it only affected the forum so I doubt there was any financial impact, just a few grumpies getting a bit grumpier. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted December 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 The warning has gone, we can come out now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Observer II said: The warning has gone, we can come out now. Best tell your immediate family and closest friends first, not right if we are the first to know lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 https://youtu.be/Ztu0M6PXp1g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 hour ago, asperity said: https://youtu.be/Ztu0M6PXp1g I remember in the 50's they regularly tested the siren on Stockton Heath police station in case our Russian Friends decided to flatten us. What was the point? I would not want to know that in 3 mins I was going to be vapourised 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted December 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 Think you may find that the siren was used to summon retained firefighters to Stockton Heath Fire Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 1:55 PM, Latchford Locks said: I would not want to know that in 3 mins I was going to be vapourised just give you time to soft boil and egg before the bright light came.....💥 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Evil Sid said: just give you time to soft boil and egg before the bright light came.....💥 or drink half a bottle of whisky !!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 21 hours ago, Observer II said: Think you may find that the siren was used to summon retained firefighters to Stockton Heath Fire Station. Not sure about this where did you learn that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted December 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Before the advent of personal bleepers; retained firefighters were summoned to their station by the use of a siren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Observer II said: Before the advent of personal bleepers; retained firefighters were summoned to their station by the use of a siren. Oh well I stand to be corrected But then if Kruschev and his mates launched a sudden strike how would we be warned ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 I wouldn't want a warning to be honest! ☢️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted December 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Can't remember the exact timing, but 4 minutes rings a bell - just time to part your legs and kiss your botty goodbye. 💀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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