CM-BlueButterfly March 22 Share March 22 I just wanted to let you know that if you're experiencing either a security warning, a website can't be reached error or a related issue, I'm experiencing it as well. I have no idea what is going on; the security certificate was renewed last year and there were no alerts that anything else was about to expire on the back end. I have already passed it on to AllAstronauts. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/
shapeshifter March 22 Share March 22 Doesn’t the security certificate need to be renewed every year? Regardless, thanks for the info! I was sure it was something I had inadvertently clicked on my phone, LOL. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614029
CM-BlueButterfly March 22 Author Share March 22 3 minutes ago, shapeshifter said: Doesn’t the security certificate need to be renewed every year? Possibly. However, it was renewed last December. 🤷♀️ 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614031
tearknee March 22 Share March 22 tri-monthly, semiannual or annual? The first would explain this. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614043
b4pjoe March 22 Share March 22 The info for your site shows: Websites prove their identity via certificates, which are valid for a set time period. The certificate for forums.primetimer.com expired on 3/22/2025. The certificate for www.primetimer.com is still good. It is the certificate for the subdomain of forums.primetimer.com that is expired. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614052
peeayebee March 22 Share March 22 I'm glad I checked here. "Your connection is not private" came up this morning. I don't want to update to the newest Mac OS yet, so I decided to go ahead and continue onto this site. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614112
CM-BlueButterfly Saturday at 08:44 PM Author Share Saturday at 08:44 PM 8 hours ago, b4pjoe said: The info for your site shows: Websites prove their identity via certificates, which are valid for a set time period. The certificate for forums.primetimer.com expired on 3/22/2025. The certificate for www.primetimer.com is still good. It is the certificate for the subdomain of forums.primetimer.com that is expired. Thank you. I'll check with the site owner. Of course, the site owner's going on vacation today... I also haven't heard from AllAstronaut's. I apologize for the troubles and the delay. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614157
AllAstronauts Saturday at 09:40 PM Share Saturday at 09:40 PM Sorry kids, my bad (I guess?). The security certificate automatically renewed as expected (we went through this three months ago to make this happen); but the webserver did not automatically restart to on-board the new certificate. Carry on... PS: Yes, the new Primetimer upgrade is a touch behind; too much work, only one me. It's close though. 3 1 10 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614171
PRgal Saturday at 09:47 PM Share Saturday at 09:47 PM The entire forum switches back and forth between regular and bold font. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614177
CM-BlueButterfly Saturday at 10:55 PM Author Share Saturday at 10:55 PM @AllAstronauts looks like there are still some issues? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614226
shapeshifter Sunday at 12:02 AM Share Sunday at 12:02 AM 1 hour ago, CM-BlueButterfly said: @AllAstronauts looks like there are still some issues? Not on my laptop or phone. Maybe some need to clear their history/cache? 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614264
Yeah No Sunday at 04:43 AM Share Sunday at 04:43 AM I don't know if it was just my experience but in some cases of an expired certificate I'm given the option to proceed anyway, but this time I wasn't, and not on any browser I have either (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). So I couldn't access the site at all while this was going on. I did later find one browser that offered me that option but I didn't have the time to post by then. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614383
b4pjoe Sunday at 12:02 PM Share Sunday at 12:02 PM 7 hours ago, Yeah No said: I don't know if it was just my experience but in some cases of an expired certificate I'm given the option to proceed anyway, but this time I wasn't, and not on any browser I have either (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). So I couldn't access the site at all while this was going on. I did later find one browser that offered me that option but I didn't have the time to post by then. I am on a Mac and all browsers let me override the warning. The warning screen has an "Advanced..." button. If you click the "Advanced..." button you can then click the "Accept the Risk and Continue" button to proceed. Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Brave web browsers all have a similar option. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614442
shapeshifter Sunday at 01:22 PM Share Sunday at 01:22 PM (edited) 18 hours ago, Yeah No said: I don't know if it was just my experience but in some cases of an expired certificate I'm given the option to proceed anyway, but this time I wasn't, and not on any browser I have either (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). So I couldn't access the site at all while this was going on. I did later find one browser that offered me that option but I didn't have the time to post by then. That was my experience too for the first few times I tried to access Primetimer (no "proceed" option) while the security certificate wasn't working. Now I'm seeing it on another site I regularly consult while playing Wordle, bestwordlist.com: My internet (Spectrum), which serves a lot of NY, has been glitching lately too (they're working on it). Although there are countless human reasons for any of this (mostly Stupid or Sleepy or Greedy or Foolish, but perhaps Nefarious*), my trusty weatherman mentioned a while back (IIRC) that there would be a crap ton of sunspot storms happening around this time. Regardless, it's up to humans to troubleshoot, and Primetimer just has one human to address issues here in the parking lot at the end of the frontage road of the information superhighway. - - - - - - - - - *And now I'm thinking of writing a graphic novel that's a modern take on the old fairy tale titled, perhaps: Slow Night and the Seven Dorks. Edited Sunday at 11:42 PM by shapeshifter typo 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614477
Absolom Sunday at 01:57 PM Share Sunday at 01:57 PM Three browsers all allowed me the option, but first I had to click on things like more information, advanced, etc. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614491
GHScorpiosRule Sunday at 02:54 PM Share Sunday at 02:54 PM 10 hours ago, Yeah No said: I don't know if it was just my experience but in some cases of an expired certificate I'm given the option to proceed anyway, but this time I wasn't, and not on any browser I have either (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). So I couldn't access the site at all while this was going on. I did later find one browser that offered me that option but I didn't have the time to post by then. That wasn’t the case for me. I was able to click on the link to proceed to the site anyway and did so. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614505
Salacious Kitty Sunday at 05:56 PM Share Sunday at 05:56 PM 13 hours ago, Yeah No said: I don't know if it was just my experience but in some cases of an expired certificate I'm given the option to proceed anyway, but this time I wasn't, and not on any browser I have either (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). So I couldn't access the site at all while this was going on. I did later find one browser that offered me that option but I didn't have the time to post by then. I was able to access the site during the "down" time. Others also figured it out and posted here. Thankfully, @CM-BlueButterflynoticed it first and got involved quickly. Thanks again for the quick response. 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/152528-unsecure-website-or-site-cant-be-reached-issues/#findComment-8614595
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