EEVblog "Invalid Security Certificate Name" - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gary350z
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 09:04:45 am
content: For several weeks I have been getting a lot of Invalid Security Certificate Name security alerts when on the EEVblog forum (using Internet Explorer 11) as shown in the attachment. The alert window will not go away. If I close it, it immediately pops up again, making it impossible to view anything on the forum. I don't know anything about it other than what it says in the alert.Why does it do this?Is there something wrong on Dave's server?Is this on my end?

author: alm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 09:36:39 am
content: I have no idea what kbntx.ch is, but I have never seen that when visiting this forum and it does not sound like something in any way related to EEVBlog (unless Dave's new pun will be Switzerland, not Austria). The only thing I can find is that it is hosted by Amazon AWS. So the most likely explanation is that it is related to your computer or your network.Maybe something is trying to inject ads, like some unscrupulous ISPs do? Something related to an extension or other software program installed on your computer? Do you get the same when visiting EEVBlog from another computer? With another browser? Through another network (e.g. cellular)? That should narrow it down.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 09:57:45 am
content: I get a certificate from Comodo for Cloudflare... Looks like the alert is right something is wrong.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 10:41:01 am
content: It's an adserver. I'd click No as many times as necessary to make it go away.

author: Gary350z
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 10:31:16 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on July 17, 2017, 10:41:01 amKBNTX.CH is Amazon Technologies.KBNTX.CH is not on this list of adservers:https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hostsIt never goes away no matter how many times I click no or close the alert.This started happening about the same time as the "bad gateway" error, maybe it's related.It doesn't seem to happen on the Chrome browser.Internet Explorer seems to suck, and it is getting worse. It's very slow. Sometimes it wont even work on DigiKey, I have to use Chrome.The security alert is not happening today. It comes and goes. I did not change anything on my end.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2017, 10:44:46 pm
content: Quote from: Gary350z on July 17, 2017, 10:31:16 pmNo it isn't.QuoteI don't care what lists it's on, the certificate belongs to these guys:http://kubient.com/I suggest you continue using Chrome. Or anything else better than IE (which is almost anything).

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2017, 06:10:17 am
content: It's in an IP block from Amazon. So it's either theirs, of one of their customers.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2017, 06:54:25 am
content: Quote from: Jeroen3 on July 18, 2017, 06:10:17 amMonkeh is right.DOMAINTOOLSHomeWhois LookupKbnTx.chWhois Record for KbnTx.chWhois & Quick StatsDates Created on 2016-08-04IP Address 35.160.207.15 is hosted on a dedicated serverIP Location United States - Oregon - Portland - Amazon.com Inc.ASN United States AS16509 AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (registered May 04, 2000)Whois History 5 records have been archived since 2016-09-06Whois Server whois.nic.chWebsiteWebsite Title None given.Whois Record ( last updated on 2017-07-17 )Domain name:kbntx.chHolder of domain name:KubientPaul Roberts111 W 28th StUS-10001 New YorkUnited StatesContractual Language: FrenchTechnical contact:KubientPaul Roberts111 W 28th StUS-10001 New YorkUnited StatesRegistrar:Gandi SASFirst registration date:2016-08-04DNSSEC:NName servers:ns-1043.awsdns-02.orgns-2031.awsdns-61.co.ukns-321.awsdns-40.comns-744.awsdns-29.net