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PoliticAverse

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

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 10:48 PM

Sep 2021

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