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Any DUers know what's going on at Hampden-Sydney College ? PROBLEM SOLVED -- thanks to all!

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Any DUers know what's going on at Hampden-Sydney College ? PROBLEM SOLVED -- thanks to all! (Original post)	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	OP
website works for me	msongs	Sep 2021	#1
Oh, damn -- just cleared the cache for USPS. Doesn't help this time.	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#2
Bookmark this site for future reference...	PoliticAverse	Sep 2021	#6
Thanks. It's my browser (Firefox for Win8). Keeps insisting on https, not http, then	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#8
No idea, my grandfather grad from H-S. I contacted them	appalachiablue	Sep 2021	#3
I was able to get intp the http://www.hsc.edu/ main page without any problems.	TexasTowelie	Sep 2021	#4
It keeps switching me to https://www.hsc.edu no matter that I type http (no s).	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#5
That's standard practice (redirecting people to the secure https site) these days. n/t	PoliticAverse	Sep 2021	#7
But the https site is the one that's blocking me. nt	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#9
Oh I see what the problem is. Your browser is protecting you. The college screwed up the security	PoliticAverse	Sep 2021	#10
Thanks. I'll try emailing ... um .... webmaster@www.hsc.edu ?	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#11
Well the regular version of the website...	PoliticAverse	Sep 2021	#13
I already emailed them. Just connected to their site ...	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#15
Don't know if this will help, but you might give it a try.	TexasTowelie	Sep 2021	#12
Thanks! That led me to a fix! nt	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2021	#14

Response to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:33 PM

msongs (65,338 posts)

1. website works for me

http://www.hsc.edu/

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Response to msongs (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:34 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

2. Oh, damn -- just cleared the cache for USPS. Doesn't help this time.

Didn't work.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:39 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

6. Bookmark this site for future reference...

https://isitup.org/

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:42 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

8. Thanks. It's my browser (Firefox for Win8). Keeps insisting on https, not http, then

I get

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

appalachiablue (38,280 posts)

3. No idea, my grandfather grad from H-S. I contacted them

about his alum records several years ago.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:37 PM

TexasTowelie (99,378 posts)

4. I was able to get intp the http://www.hsc.edu/ main page without any problems.

You might want to try a different browser to see if you blocked the site in your current browser as the start for troubleshooting. Good luck and I hope that the problem is easily solved.

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:39 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

5. It keeps switching me to https://www.hsc.edu no matter that I type http (no s).

I would never have blocked this site, I only recently bookmarked it.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

7. That's standard practice (redirecting people to the secure https site) these days. n/t

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:43 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

9. But the https site is the one that's blocking me. nt

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:48 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

10. Oh I see what the problem is. Your browser is protecting you. The college screwed up the security

certificate for their https domain.

From my browser:

Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for www.hsc.edu. The certificate is only valid for secure4.hsc.edu.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

The certificate is suppose to be valid for www.hsc.edu but they erred and made it only valid for secure4.hsc.edu.

I hope they don't teach computer science at that college.

The browser you are using is enforcing https (that is making you go to the https site if it exists). You may be able to disable that for this site in your browser since the non https site http://www.hsc.edu works fine. Alternately try another browser if you have one installed.

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:52 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

11. Thanks. I'll try emailing ... um .... webmaster@www.hsc.edu ?

Everything was fine last week. Now I can only access their interactive campus map, which has a different domain.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:56 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

13. Well the regular version of the website...

http://www.hsc.edu

is working fine but it seems your browser is enforcing https (that is making you go to the https site if it exists).

It's possible you can disable the force of https in your browser for that site or try another browser if you have one (my Firefox for example allows me to go to the http://www.hsc.edu site ).

Do email them about the https://www.hsc.edu problem though, they should fix that.

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #13)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 11:02 PM

eppur_se_muova (35,242 posts)

15. I already emailed them. Just connected to their site ...

though I also removed a certificate for a server at hsc.edu. I only had three server certificates, and two were for sites I use heavily.

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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:53 PM

TexasTowelie (99,378 posts)

12. Don't know if this will help, but you might give it a try.

https://itstillworks.com/12206580/how-to-get-rid-of-a-certificate-error

Are you also being redirected and blocked when using a different browser?

Any DUers know what's going on at Hampden-Sydney College ? PROBLEM SOLVED -- thanks to all!

1. website works for me

2. Oh, damn -- just cleared the cache for USPS. Doesn't help this time.

6. Bookmark this site for future reference...

8. Thanks. It's my browser (Firefox for Win8). Keeps insisting on https, not http, then

3. No idea, my grandfather grad from H-S. I contacted them

4. I was able to get intp the http://www.hsc.edu/ main page without any problems.

5. It keeps switching me to https://www.hsc.edu no matter that I type http (no s).

7. That's standard practice (redirecting people to the secure https site) these days. n/t

9. But the https site is the one that's blocking me. nt

10. Oh I see what the problem is. Your browser is protecting you. The college screwed up the security

11. Thanks. I'll try emailing ... um .... webmaster@www.hsc.edu ?

13. Well the regular version of the website...

15. I already emailed them. Just connected to their site ...

12. Don't know if this will help, but you might give it a try.

14. Thanks! That led me to a fix! nt