[real-eyes] Re: bard error message
- From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:01:48 -0500
I thought that there was going to be some clean up on the site or something
but, I could be wrong.
Duyahn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Clark" <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:55 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: bard error message
> This is a very good question.
> I looked into the issue and what is happening is your browser checks a
> site that is secure to make sure the certificate it has is valid. Sites
> can receive a security certificate from verisign and other known issuer
> places.
> What is actually happening when you go to the bard site to login is your
> browser sees that the security certificate is not real, letting you know
> that it is not safe to go there. The info that is on the certificate on
> the bard site shows it was signed or issued by the web site and not a
> real place that issues these certificates.
>
> I would, and am going to do this too, stay away from the bard site at
> least until Monday when someone in charge of the site is around to check
> into this issue.
>
>
> We don't know what could be waiting on the other side of this or after
> you login to bard.
>
> It may be all related to a simple error on the behalf of the webmaster
> or it could be something malicious that is going on.
> I'll play it safe,
> Below is the message I get in firefox for anyone interested
> Steve
>
> This Connection is Untrusted
> You have asked Firefox to connect securely to nlsbard.loc.gov
> , 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.
> Get me out of here!
> Technical Details
> nlsbard.loc.gov uses an invalid security certificate.
> The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed.
> The certificate is only valid for
> localhost.localdomain
> (Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)
>
>
>
>
> On 4/29/2011 8:32 PM, r5oseanna young wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> Has anyone encountered the certificate error on the BARD site today? If
>> so, what are your thoughts regarding the meaning of this? I'm thinking
>> it's safe to go ahead and access the site, but I don't really understand
>> the importance of these type of messages. If you can shed some light on
>> this, I'd appreciate it.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Roseanne
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