October 2025 Urgent update on Certificate Issue

TheSongDogHouse said:
The teleporter option for the CampInn should only be offered after the hot tub, which I hear is close, very close.
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No, no --- I talked about a transporter to make it easier to see friends....YOU mentioned a hot tub, which is where everyone became all twitterpated. :D:D

BUT SERIOUSLY!​


I've temporarily removed the banner notification. This issue might resurface around January 1st, and I'll be keeping an eye on it.

You can check the certificate's status yourself. In most browsers (I recommend Brave), look for a small square icon with two sliders to the left of the URL bar. Click it, then select 'Connection is secure.' This will show whether the certificate is valid, along with details like validity dates. Most of this info is only relevant when there's an issue.

In Safari, go to the website, then find 'Connection Security Details' in the menu bar at the top to view the certificate in a pop-up dialog.

You _can_ override the warning screen, but don't do it. If you see a certificate warning, the probably is that it is a configuration problem, or huaman error (or worse, AI errror.) This certificate stuff helps ensure you are communicating with the correct server and games aren't afoot. Craig and I will have to have a come-apart conversation with Godaddy if this repeats.
 
TheSongDogHouse said:
Haha...and its undiubtedly an engineered marvel too!

For the record,
Sweeney you started this OT with the teleporter reference...

Now, back to certificates...
GoDaddy used to have some great marketing IIRC,

but the one time I tried setting up a website with their hosting it was not so good.

So, sorry for your pain.
Thanks for the hard work here!
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Thanks are needed....I'd prefer bitcoin :)

I was never a huge fan of the sexualized ads. Hardy's did it too with their sloppy burger. But there was a golden age in advertising before the political currents took over and made humor undesirable. The superbowl ads of the 00's and early 10's --- This add, I argue, is still the funniest I've ever seen!

 
Sweeney said:
No, no --- I talked about a transporter to make it easier to see friends....YOU mentioned a hot tub, which is where everyone became all twitterpated. :D:D

BUT SERIOUSLY!​


I've temporarily removed the banner notification. This issue might resurface around January 1st, and I'll be keeping an eye on it.

You can check the certificate's status yourself. In most browsers (I recommend Brave), look for a small square icon with two sliders to the left of the URL bar. Click it, then select 'Connection is secure.' This will show whether the certificate is valid, along with details like validity dates. Most of this info is only relevant when there's an issue.

In Safari, go to the website, then find 'Connection Security Details' in the menu bar at the top to view the certificate in a pop-up dialog.

You _can_ override the warning screen, but don't do it. If you see a certificate warning, the probably is that it is a configuration problem, or huaman error (or worse, AI errror.) This certificate stuff helps ensure you are communicating with the correct server and games aren't afoot. Craig and I will have to have a come-apart conversation with Godaddy if this repeats.
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Yes, I went OT on purpose
but Jenn made me do it.

Add "Chief Cat Herder of the campinn forum"
to your many job titles, Sweeney

Srsly, I use Brave too, inc default to that on iphone and Ipad. And chose it over Edge or whatever the latest is on MS bloatware...

Speaking of OT; who else is avoiding Win11?
 
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Sweeney said:
Thanks are needed....I'd prefer bitcoin :)

I was never a huge fan of the sexualized ads. Hardy's did it too with their sloppy burger. But there was a golden age in advertising before the political currents took over and made humor undesirable. The superbowl ads of the 00's and early 10's --- This add, I argue, is still the funniest I've ever seen!

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OMG!!! I LOVE THIS!
didn't louis la'moure write this book..er..ad?
 
TheSongDogHouse said:
Haha...and its undiubtedly an engineered marvel too!

For the record,
Sweeney you started this OT with the teleporter reference...

Now, back to certificates...
GoDaddy used to have some great marketing IIRC,
(EDIT link deleted as I just now realized it came from the CommieNewsNetwork...)

but the one time I tried setting up a website with their hosting it was not so good.

So, sorry for your pain.
Thanks for the hard work here!
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Their domain registration business was all they did for quite a while. Then cloud providers like Blue Horsesoe, HostGator, and Hostinger started offering registration AND hosting, and GoDaddy panicked. At least that is my perception and probably bought a provider. They never really polished it, its kind of on autopilot. There are definately better services out there....

The advantage is that GoDaddy (and these other guys) manage the patching, backups (sometimes) and let you focus on just the content. That's great for most --- but it's just too hard to really get deep technical...and there is definitely a time where you need to have that ability too.

All of these providers (excpet linode, which is a trainign wheels off program - you better know what youre doing) are great -- its the edge cases that are the problem.
 
TheSongDogHouse said:
Yes, I went OT on purpose
but Jenn made me do it.

Add "Chief Cat Herder of the campinn forum"
to your many job titles, Sweeney

Srsly, I use Brave too, inc default to that on iphone and Ipad. And chose it over Edge or whatever the latest is on MS bloatware...

Speaking of OT; who else is avoiding Win11?
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Most browsers today are all Chromium under the covers -- the underlying tech is the same. 'brave' or 'edge' just is a wrapper that controls the user experience. Brave seems to have got it all pretty much right...

Most important to me is that, brave seems to take privacy seriously. People get all jazzed up about cookies becuase they can be used to track you as you travel the web --- and that is something to be sure. But most people DON"T realize is that most browsers rally make that unnecessary --- the browser knows detials about your computer, fonts that you hvae installed, screen resolution, about of memory, video card drivers --- tons, and I mean TONS of attributes are available in the browser that companies can use the deterine who you are, even if your change IP addresses through a VPN, or, clear your cookie cache. Brave blocks much of that, making it harder for Google to actually track you...here's an interesting test you can run, as well as some explaination of what it is doing...Warning, its a technical rabbit hole!
coveryourtracks.eff.org

Cover Your Tracks

See how trackers view your browser
coveryourtracks.eff.org coveryourtracks.eff.org

Windows 11 -- very pretty. But the whole way they are forcing people to it ticked me off long ago. I hate windows and have moved almost exclusivly to Mac for my daily driver, and Linux for anything I need to do for serious work. Mac is just as bad in many ways, but at least Apple takes privacy serioulsy -- and they do.

If you want to stay on Windows 10 but still want to have security updates, you've got to pay Microsoft. Which in my way of thinking is sleezy. Write bad software, then you have to pay to keep it patched...where they introduce more bugs in the patches. Oh, now you have to use all these privacy defeating beatures like their cloud services and AI powered logging software. No. No. No!

So --- if you want to keeping using windows 10, and still want patches? Look into these guys...

Welcome to the era of vulnerability micropatching - 0patch

0patch.com 0patch.com

they are keeping Windows 7 machines alive an running..and best of all, if you are an individual --- its free!
 
Sweeney said:
Most browsers today are all Chromium under the covers -- the underlying tech is the same. 'brave' or 'edge' just is a wrapper that controls the user experience. Brave seems to have got it all pretty much right...

Most important to me is that, brave seems to take privacy seriously. People get all jazzed up about cookies becuase they can be used to track you as you travel the web --- and that is something to be sure. But most people DON"T realize is that most browsers rally make that unnecessary --- the browser knows detials about your computer, fonts that you hvae installed, screen resolution, about of memory, video card drivers --- tons, and I mean TONS of attributes are available in the browser that companies can use the deterine who you are, even if your change IP addresses through a VPN, or, clear your cookie cache. Brave blocks much of that, making it harder for Google to actually track you...here's an interesting test you can run, as well as some explaination of what it is doing...Warning, its a technical rabbit hole!
coveryourtracks.eff.org

Cover Your Tracks

See how trackers view your browser
coveryourtracks.eff.org coveryourtracks.eff.org

Windows 11 -- very pretty. But the whole way they are forcing people to it ticked me off long ago. I hate windows and have moved almost exclusivly to Mac for my daily driver, and Linux for anything I need to do for serious work. Mac is just as bad in many ways, but at least Apple takes privacy serioulsy -- and they do.

If you want to stay on Windows 10 but still want to have security updates, you've got to pay Microsoft. Which in my way of thinking is sleezy. Write bad software, then you have to pay to keep it patched...where they introduce more bugs in the patches. Oh, now you have to use all these privacy defeating beatures like their cloud services and AI powered logging software. No. No. No!

So --- if you want to keeping using windows 10, and still want patches? Look into these guys...

Welcome to the era of vulnerability micropatching - 0patch

0patch.com 0patch.com

they are keeping Windows 7 machines alive an running..and best of all, if you are an individual --- its free!
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Thanks Sweeney! Great tip on Opatch and if I read that intro right, Microsoft broke down and is extending security on Win10 another year for home users...

But yeah, I've been experimenting with doing as much as possibe on iphone and Ipad with Win apps- my needs are simple as retired old fart now...
So I may just go all the way to a Mac next time the winOS thinkpad takes a dump...
I'd love to stretch my brain and put a linux distro in the thinkpad then but it would probably break it instead...View attachment 1760572506778.png
 
TheSongDogHouse said:
Thanks Sweeney! Great tip on Opatch and if I read that intro right, Microsoft broke down and is extending security on Win10 another year for home users...

But yeah, I've been experimenting with doing as much as possibe on iphone and Ipad with Win apps- my needs are simple as retired old fart now...
So I may just go all the way to a Mac next time the winOS thinkpad takes a dump...
I'd love to stretch my brain and put a linux distro in the thinkpad then but it would probably break it instead...View attachment 12326
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I knew they were under a lot of preasure, especially since there has been hardware purchased (somewhat recently) that arbitrarily will not run windows 11 -- becuase of the lack of the security chip. Its rediculous if you ask me that they require this arbitrary device. Give me the choice.

What really grinds my gears is that there is so much being forced onto the consumer. The "recall" feature they were foisting, the cloud drive -- all of it. I should not be required to have a microsoft account to run their OS. I'm sorry --- its "their" OS, but it is MY data and I don't want to share it.

I've had it with these guys. I've been using MS since MS_DOS 2.11 -- and used just about every version of Windows except 98, ME...I stuck on 95 until XP --- bypassed 2007, vista and a couple others. Went to Windows 10 and learned to like it enough to use it. I was even an MCSE back in the day --- building Active Directories and doing all kinds of fun stuff. But it became less and less appealing the more they forced.

I moved to UNIX/Linux OS's --- and never looked back.

Apple is far from perfect. And the learning curve is steep. Its not harder, in fact its easier. You just have to "think different" --- The only thing I struggle with is financial software. Bankivity is what I use, and it isn't bad --- but there is no good bank software any more. Quicken started on Mac, but abandoned it --- but I wouldn't use Quicken anyway --- they have a BAD habbit of sharing data with certain TLAs and I just can't allow.

Want to play with linux? Easy --- set up a virtual machine using VirtualBox -- its not hard. Ubuntu is probably the easiest to learn on.
 
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