Why is electronics degree guidance website blocked? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ocset
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2019, 11:54:04 pm
content: Hi ,Do you know why access to this website (electronics degree guidance) has recently been blocked?..at least it is with firefox or explorer browsers.I used to be able to get to it with firefox browser though.The chap who wrote it tells me he can still access his editing version of the site.

author: Andy Watson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 12:02:59 am
content: Works for me ... I mean I can see the web page ... with Firefox.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 12:58:00 am
content: Secure Connection FailedAn error occurred during a connection to massey276.wixsite.com. Peer's Certificate has been revoked. (Error code: sec_error_revoked_certificate)The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this broken site.Do you reckon I'll score another'Say Thanks'click from our mate treez ?

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 06:31:02 am
content: Quote from: treez on June 22, 2019, 11:54:04 pmLooks like you forgot to renew the certificate.From memory, you refer to that website frequently, and IMNSHO it isn't worth reading.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 07:20:58 am
content: I can access wix.com which is a website where users can create their pages which are hosted at wixsite.com which is the one with a blocked certificate.Wix.com certificate is issued by Sectigo and was renewed June 22 (yesterday).It is probable that they renewed the certificate for Wix.com and forgot to renew the certificate for wixsite.comIf that is the case then your browser should give you a warning and if it doesn't then something is wrong.This error can also happen when a website's certificate cannot be traced to one of the top certification authorities listed in the browser. This can sometimes be remedied by including an intermediate certification authority.In this case though I expect the website has an expired certificate which needs to be renewed. I would expect it to be resolved within hours.In Firefox you can see the certificate by clicking on the green padlock

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 07:31:48 am
content: Works for me

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 07:34:53 am
content: https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=https://massey276.wixsite.com/electronicsdegreegives it as good.Therefore the problem must be in a missing intermediate certificate.Those of us getting the error are probably missing an intermediate certificate.Checking my Firefox configuration I see it is missing the USERTrust RSA intermediate certificate.Installing that should resolve the problem.Have a look at the certificate chain.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 07:59:42 am
content: Well, I thought I had determined the cause but it turns out not to be the case.Wix.com has the same chain of certificates and yet displays correctly.I'm lost now.I cannot see the problematic certificate because my firefox will not accept it.Maybe someone who can see it can post it so we can see where it differs from the good one.Because I am beginning to suspect both sites use the same certificate.Very strange.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 08:57:31 am
content: This Connection is UntrustedYou have askedyour browser which has enough silly certs and suss sites to think aboutto connect securely to massey276.wixsite.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.What Should I Do?If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.The internet is getting too complicated, stop the web, I wanna get off...

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 09:32:42 am
content: It is working for me now so it was probably some server-side misconfiguration.

author: ocset
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2019, 05:20:31 pm
content: thanks reinstalled mozilla firerfox and now getting it.