[Info-vax] forum.vmssoftware.com/

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2023-09-11 kl. 12:48, skrev Chris Townley:
> On 11/09/2023 11:17, Neil Rieck wrote:
>> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 5:48:03 AM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2023-09-11 kl. 10:02, skrev David Wade:
>>>> On 11/09/2023 03:34, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> On 9/10/2023 9:56 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> There is something going on with that site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FF gives cert revoked every time now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chrome works. And say that cert expire Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at
>>>>>> 7:59:59 PM.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried via work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chrome works.
>>>>>
>>>>> FF does not work but gives a different error:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Bad Server Certificate" and certificate expiration is 11-Nov-2284 
>>>>> 07:08:23.
>>>>>
>>>>> WTF??
>>>>>
>>>>> Arne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Every certificate contains a URL for a certificate revocation list (CRL).
>>>> So if a certificate is compromised, for example because its private key is
>>>> stolen, it can be revoked.
>>>>
>>>> What you are seeing is the fact that Chrome and Edge don't check the CRL
>>>> but FF does
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>> The page https://forum.vmssoftware.com/ opens just fine for me.
>>> And I can read entries in the forum (the "Last VSCode..." post).
>>>
>>> When clicking "Login" at the top right, I get the login page.
>>> But when clicking the Login button on the login page, it just hangs.
>>>
>>> Win11 and the latest FF.
>>>
>>> FWIW...
>>>
>>> Jan-Erik.
>>
>> The good folks at VSI might have been changing things -BUT- still have a 
>> potential problem.
>>
>> As of 2023-09-11 (6:07 EDT)
>>
>> This site: https://vmssoftware.com/
>> uses a certificate with an issue date of Sept-06, 2023 and employs a 
>> common name of "vmssoftware.com"
>> (no problem here)
>>
>> This site: https://forum.vmssoftware.com/
>> uses a wildcard certificate with an issue date of Sept-18, 2022 and 
>> employs a common name of "*.vmssoftware.com"
>> (will expire on Sept-19, 2023)
>>
>> Neil Rieck
>> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
>> http://neilrieck.net/OpenVMS.html
> 
> Acknowledged on the forum:
> 
> Thank you for reporting the issue. We already know about it and hope to 
> have it fixed by the end of the day. We will let everyone know once we are 
> done.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> VSI Website Support Team
> 
> Chris
> 


I guess that is "end of the day" in one of the US time zones.
Doesn't matter, I'll wait until tomorrow (Central European time zone). :-)