Security Certificate

I told the web service provider about the Security Certificate notice which also blocked me. It seems to have been sorted out.

20 Comments

  1. SM
    February 17, 2022

    Thanks for the exceptionally fast response from you when I emailed your office about it this morning.

    Can’t miss my daily dose of Diary!

    1. Fedupsoutherner
      February 17, 2022

      SM. My thoughts exactly. Life’s not the same when I can’t read John’s diary first thing.

  2. glen cullen
    February 17, 2022

    In other security news – Storm Eunice expected to bring winds of up to 90mph, could the UK literally take-off with all the wind-turbines we have

    1. No Longer Anonymous
      February 17, 2022

      I’m certainly glad my car runs on petrol and not electricity !

    2. 2nd Fiddle
      February 17, 2022

      Some turbines were reported as failing / breaking in two from recent storms… be interesting to see how they fair over the next 48 hours @ £2m a pop. I wonder who’ll be liable for that!

      With all those structural stress cracks and likely propogation, it will be the engineering job of choice for checking all of them, at very expensive day rates and then off to retirement in warmer climes…. 😀

    3. Fedupsoutherner
      February 17, 2022

      Glen. Ha ha. I like it. On the other hand twisted metal can be quite attractive. Could we be that lucky?

  3. Nottingham Lad Himself
    February 17, 2022

    Any explanation from the web host as to what happened to the site?

    Yes, the certificate appeared to have expired but why?

    Reply No idea.

    1. Narrow Shoulders
      February 17, 2022

      It expired because the certificate issuer is in business to make money so puts a time limit on the safety certificate and the person paid money to keep the site running didn’t diarist the renewal date or didn’t act on the renewal notifications sent out by the company wanting money.

      Happens more often than you would think including to those you would think would know better https://www.techradar.com/news/slack-down-top-websites-see-outages-as-lets-encrypts-ca-certificate-expires

    2. Mickey Taking
      February 17, 2022

      it failed the MOT.

    3. Mike Eulson
      February 17, 2022

      Certificates expire because they have an expiry date! Tricky for a Remainer but there it is.

      1. Nottingham Lad Himself
        February 18, 2022

        Sir John said that he had “no idea”.

        I don’t have him down as a Remain backer.

  4. No Longer Anonymous
    February 17, 2022

    Does this mean we need to be certified to post here ???

    1. Mickey Taking
      February 18, 2022

      some might fail …

  5. Narrow Shoulders
    February 17, 2022

    Security certificates are an interesting idea.

    £8.99 to purchase a domain name. Then you need to prove this site is “safe” for up to £400 per year.

    Not a scam at all!

    1. glen cullen
      February 17, 2022

      Its a complete scam and only really needed if exchanging funds, buying & selling etc, ie commercial & mercantile websites

    2. Mike Eulson
      February 18, 2022

      Letsencrypt are a non-profit that provides https certificates for nothing.

      1. Narrow Shoulders
        February 18, 2022

        good to know, thanks

        1. hefner
          February 18, 2022

          But check the T@C very carefully, making sure you are happy with all of them.

          1. Narrow Shoulders
            February 18, 2022

            Again – thanks

      2. Ralph Corderoy
        February 19, 2022

        Not only do Let’s Encrypt provide a free certificate, they provide a mechanism whereby the web hosting machine can automatically have a new certificate issued, valid for a further three months, when the current one is near to expiry. This is widely used. So it’s odd the hosting provider here hasn’t got this set up, though I see they’re not using Let’s Encrypt but Comodo, which I assume costs money. The Comodo one also last three months, expiring at the end of 2022-05-18 GMT.

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