Getting cetrificate error

[jucca]

Started this morning, getting certificate error when trying to open forum



and this also is displayed at the bottom, also started this morning, at least is here in Croatia




Can't use FF at work, but in IE everything was OK till now
Something changed?

[btstarcher]

Just click on continue. I get this sometimes at work on certain threads.

[jucca]

Yes I did that, but on everything I click it ask me again and again.

[TiGraySpeed6]

I'll randomly see that when searching and a result is https instead of http. When that happens if I just remove the s it resolves the problem.

I've not see it happen for every link/page etc or normal site nav

[[R]usty]

@jucca;

It's the SSL encryption. When you make an HTTPS request vs a regular HTTP request, your browser asks the server for an SSL certificate to "verify" that it's a recognized form of encryption. HTTPS requests are encrypted by the server or an outside company to protect information being transferred between user and server. It's a very secure way of communicating with webserver and in my opinion should be the only way you should browser the internet. If the certificate is not registered with a company like verisgn or godaddy, for instance, your browser throws up a red flag saying it does not recognize the certificate and the user should exercise caution because they not sure of the security of the data exchange. With small websites like this, most of the exchanges occur though http (none encrypted). But a lot of these smaller servers like MSF have SSL enabled on their webserver software (e.g. apache) which have the capability of encrypting information but usually do not registered or purchased SSL services with a recognized web security company.

Sorry for the long winded explanation. You should use it when possible. Even though it flags as possibly malicious it's not because we know this is a reputable site. It just means the data between you and MSF is being encrypted for better security.