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TheIriaeban
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 01:01:50
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I keep getting an invalid certificate error in my browser when accessing the forums. Anyone else seeing that?
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Blademaster
Acolyte
Canada
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Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 01:37:07
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| Yes, I just go the same message when I logged in this evening. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 02:20:49
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Got the message, myself. I'm about to ping Big Al.
I wonder if it has to do with the link to Paizo's announcement. I'm noticing it comes up especially if going to that scroll. Since Paizo's site is down, the link doesn't respond, and maybe site security can't verify everything's good. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 04:07:12
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Got the message, myself. I'm about to ping Big Al.
I wonder if it has to do with the link to Paizo's announcement. I'm noticing it comes up especially if going to that scroll. Since Paizo's site is down, the link doesn't respond, and maybe site security can't verify everything's good.
I don't see how it could possibly be related to that. The timing is mere coincidence.
I'm getting the same message when I hit the "Active Topics" link to see new posts.
Expanding on the error, it says the security certificate expired in the last day. I should expect that Big Al (or the host, depending on who owns the cert) just needs to renew it. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7968 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 06:59:11
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| I'm guessing that Candlekeep's host failed to renew some license or update or whatever. A fixable problem which will quickly be corrected. |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11690 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2023 : 16:30:42
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Originally posted by Alaundo
Well met
Don't panic. This is due to Candlekeep being granted a free SSL certificate last year, which has now expired. Due to the nature of this site, it's not really necessary to have a certificate. I'll get this addressed shortly.
Please forgive me my rant for a moment... it is not aimed at you Alaundo or this site.
{CrankyMode On}
I hate certs.... having to deal with this stuff in an internal corporate environment where noone pays attention to it and just clicks past it ... or worse someone puts some policy on all the systems so that they are no longer allowed to click past cert issues and then people forget that X application was added 5 years earlier and the cert needs to be updated before it expires. So, the cert expires, a major incident is stood up and 50 people get dragged on a call to whine about the application being broken. Then half of those whiners have no clue and try to armchair troubleshoot the issue, while the other half are all asking "who manages this app and why aren't THEY on this call?". Meanwhile, all it does is create some stupid job for usually the same guy that's pushing the requirement to get certs updated for the people that have no idea how to do it. Don't get me wrong, I can see why they might be needed in some instances (I don't want someone somehow getting my bank's DNS entries for themselves and setting up a fake site).... but ~90% of things don't need it.
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2023 : 16:36:23
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| I cannot enter "General Forgotten Realms Chat"; clicking on the hyperlink causes my browser's window to flash and...nothing else. Clearing Candlekeep cookies and signing back in did not do the trick. |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2023 : 03:46:43
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| Perhaps a different browser? I don't otherwise advocate for Edge, but I've not had any issues using it with this site. |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2023 : 10:25:03
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| My rub with Edge - other than it being a descendant of Internet Explorer - is its comparative lack of customization. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2023 : 11:00:52
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Originally posted by Azar
My rub with Edge - other than it being a descendant of Internet Explorer - is its comparative lack of customization.
So you can't try it for a particular website because you can't customize it? |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2023 : 13:03:39
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Azar
My rub with Edge - other than it being a descendant of Internet Explorer - is its comparative lack of customization.
So you can't try it for a particular website because you can't customize it?
I can try using that browser; I just don't want to be dependent on an entirely different browser for one subsection of a forum . |
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Storyteller Hero
Learned Scribe
USA
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2023 : 09:37:01
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Originally posted by Storyteller Hero
The site is working on my Safari browser, but Chrome seems to keep blocking it due to "invalid certificate".
I wonder if this is a Chrome issue with certificates in general or if this specific certificate itself just doesn't jive with Chrome for whatever reason. |
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TBeholder
Great Reader
2382 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2023 : 16:33:07
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Still shows an error (self-signed certificate)... and if that's manually accepted, drops out to unsecure http.
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Originally posted by sleyvas
{CrankyMode On}
I hate certs.... having to deal with this stuff in an internal corporate environment where noone pays attention to it and just clicks past it
Sounds no different from the way anything else is done in Dilbert's company.
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Don't get me wrong, I can see why they might be needed in some instances (I don't want someone somehow getting my bank's DNS entries for themselves and setting up a fake site).... but ~90% of things don't need it.
So for 90% of sites you are fine with... executing scripts from unknown sources? |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11690 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2023 : 18:45:04
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Originally posted by TBeholder
Still shows an error (self-signed certificate)... and if that's manually accepted, drops out to unsecure http.
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Originally posted by sleyvas
{CrankyMode On}
I hate certs.... having to deal with this stuff in an internal corporate environment where noone pays attention to it and just clicks past it
Sounds no different from the way anything else is done in Dilbert's company.
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Don't get me wrong, I can see why they might be needed in some instances (I don't want someone somehow getting my bank's DNS entries for themselves and setting up a fake site).... but ~90% of things don't need it.
So for 90% of sites you are fine with... executing scripts from unknown sources?
The majority of things with certs like I'm talking about aren't even internet facing. Its internal management for devices running their own specialized O/S, etc... You could setup a self signed cert and set it to expire in 50 years, but then someone says "that's not good enough, you need one from a cert authority, and it has to expire every 3 years". Half the stuff you'd have to hack into the network, then get into a jumpbox in a special VRF that's absolutely cut off from the internet, then web browse to the management of your device.... hoop after hoop after hoop. |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5692 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2023 : 09:24:22
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Originally posted by Azar
Another user on the site said that he is getting bounced out.
Well met
What does he mean exactly? Can you get him to email me at alaundo @ candlekeep.com please.
The cert issue is annoying, but this is down to local browser caching etc. now. |
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Azar
Master of Realmslore
1286 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2023 : 12:48:40
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Originally posted by Alaundo
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Originally posted by Azar
Another user on the site said that he is getting bounced out.
Well met
What does he mean exactly? Can you get him to email me at alaundo @ candlekeep.com please.
The cert issue is annoying, but this is down to local browser caching etc. now.
Specifically clearing the Cache (instead of the Cookies alone) did the trick for both of us, in the end. Thank you for the tip! |
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TBeholder
Great Reader
2382 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jan 2023 : 23:42:49
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| Why not use Let's Encrypt? They give out free Domain Validation certificates, which are recognizable by browsers because they are on that certificate tree. That's all you need, right? |
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Edited by - TBeholder on 27 Jan 2023 23:44:22 |
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