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morchoxplz · 01/06/2014 18:39

I keep getting a security warning flashing up when on mumsnet on my phone.
No other websites are affected. It is a black box which says the name on the security cirtificate Is different from on the site.
Can you advise please.

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nothernexposure · 02/06/2014 20:37

Date and time correct in the settings on my phone, but still getting the security warnings.

KateSMumsnet · 03/06/2014 14:44

Hi folks,

We've had a squizz and we reckon this is actually a flaw on android devices, as there's nothing wrong with our security certificate . You can check it yourself by going here www.digicert.com/help and typing in www.mumsnet.com then clicking 'Check server'.

Sorry we can't be of more help! As the esteemed ShamTech has said - do check that your date and time is correct.

owlbegoing · 03/06/2014 16:38

It just happened on a sporn thread, maybe it's trying to tell me something!
Time and date correct on my android phone.

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Fram · 03/06/2014 19:03

Aha- my time is never correct- it gains constantly!

My phone is on android 1.5 cupcake though... it's pre-historic in smart phone terms Grin

AnyaKnowIt · 03/06/2014 19:29

Date and time is correct on my HTC phone and android tablet. Its only happens on mumsnet and started with the site problems last week

ancientbuchanan · 03/06/2014 20:08

Started a few weeks ago. Date and time fine. And only mumsnet...

3 diff types of security failure

keepyourchinupdear · 03/06/2014 20:09

Android

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 03/06/2014 20:14

It doesn't happen on my phone (android) However, I don't think the issue is with MNs certificate, I think it is because MN have material from another site (aggregate knowledge Inc which I think collects site stats) embedded in their secure pages and their (aggregates) certificate is dodgy.

morchoxplz · 04/06/2014 16:54

Date and time correct and still popping up :-(

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Auriga · 07/06/2014 08:30

Date and time correct here too and it's still happening with annoying frequency

ancientbuchanan · 08/06/2014 00:18

Various versions pop up

Simple, this site us not secure, do you want to continue

More descriptive, the name on the security certificate does not match, do you want...

And a third I can't recall.

Date and time all fine.

ancientbuchanan · 08/06/2014 00:21

Oh yes, this certificate is not from a trusted authority.

FruitBasedDrinkForALady · 11/06/2014 09:55

I'm still getting all of these warnings too, on my SonyEricsson, Android (2.3 I think). Time and date are definitely right. I posted separately about MN crashing the browser on my phone. It started the same time as the security warnings, anyone else have this problem?

babsmam · 11/06/2014 21:35

Date and time correct. Sony Ericsson

StandsOnGoldenSands · 11/06/2014 21:40

I get this too. HTC1. Very annoying and has been making me a bit paranoid.

StandsOnGoldenSands · 11/06/2014 21:41

Nowt wrong with my date and time btw.

KateSMumsnet · 12/06/2014 17:37

Sorry folks. There's not we can say at the moment other than there isn't an issue with Mumsnet's Security certificate. We'll go back to the drawing board and see if there's anything else we can do.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 12/06/2014 17:49

Folks who are having this issue - can you open up the warning details and find out what site name the certificate is for? As I suggested earlier it may be something MN has decided to embed rather than MN itself.

MNHQ have you double checked that certificate is valid for all MN domains eg www.Mumsnet.com, m.mumsnet.com, local.Mumsnet.com etc

AnyaKnowIt · 12/06/2014 18:59

As soon as it happens again, I will try to c and p

ModreB · 12/06/2014 19:21

I keep getting this and I'm on a laptop, not an Android or Mobile. Please sort it out, its VERY annoying. {ANGRY FACE}

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 12/06/2014 19:23

What is the name on the security certificate? Is it Mumsnet or something else?

goodtimesinbontemps · 12/06/2014 19:24

Happening the past few days for me too, only on MN not on any other site or forum, so definitely not an android problem. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, date and time correct.

nc666 · 12/06/2014 19:32

Could this be related to the issue I posted about a little while ago? I'm using the desktop version and a Firefox "clone". I get a security warning in the address bar on the login page. Here's what I get when I click on the warning symbol, and what I get when I click on "view certificate".

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 12/06/2014 19:39

wow nc666 You have visited mumsnet nearly 70,000 times Shock

From Mozilla Forums:

The gray exclamation triangle is a little confusing because there are two different types of information mixed together in that icon:

(1) Not supplying identity information: this indicates that there is a valid security certificate, but it is an ordinary certificate and not an EVSSL (green lock) certificate. Same as a gray padlock, as far as the main page goes. So that part of the message is not worrisome unless the site used to show a green padlock before.

(2) Gray exclamation-triangle: this indicates that that the page contains "mixed" content. More specifically, although the page was retrieved through an encrypted connection (HTTPS) with a valid certificate, something in the page was retrieved over an open connection.

To discover the non-secure content, you can look in Firefox's Browser Console:

Windows: Ctrl+Shift+j
Mac: Command+Shift+j
Menu Bar: Tools > Web Developer > Browser Console
(Win) orange Firefox button > Web Developer > Browser Console
Once you have that open, you likely will see lots of stuff. To filter the list, type mix into the search/filter box at the upper right.

At this point, you can decide whether you are concerned about the non-secure content. For example, perhaps it's something from the same site that they mistakenly forgot to serve with an HTTPS URL. (Screen shot example attached.) But, you may discover that it's from a different site and then you can start to assess whether there might be something suspicious going on with the page. If you start seeing a pattern, perhaps one of your extensions is injecting advertising into the pages... or worse.

Note: You can keep the Browser Console window open (minimized) with the filter set to mix for quicker reference if you're seeing this often.

support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/983078

AnyaKnowIt · 12/06/2014 23:21

Couldn't c and p, sorry

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