Internet safety problem?
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When I wanted to preview a new post, I got a notice warning me of a not appropriate safety certificate.
“Het beveiligingscertificaat dat door deze website wordt gebruikt, is verleend aan een adres voor een andere website”.
Has the site been hacked?The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hello there. This issue does not seem to reflect a safety problem.
These warnings are quite normal. When you connect to your Dashboard over an HTTPS connection (for instance, when you log into https://lonnekealsema.wordpress.com), we use an SSL certificate to encrypt your connection. SSL certificates need to be signed to a specific domain, and we can’t provide certificates for every mapped domain, so our certificate is signed for WordPress.com.
When you connect to your Dashboard via your own domain but your security software sees a certificate signed to http://wordpress.com/ it’s alerting you that WordPress.com may be intercepting your connection, which of course is perfectly fine. You may also see this warning if you attempt to reach your blog (not your Dashboard) using “https” instead of “http” in your blog URL.
Most security systems should have a way to add a permanent exception so you will never see the warning again in this instance. It sounds as if you need to add wordpress.com to your list of trusted sites under the Security tab in Internet Explorer:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/#manage-in-internet-explorer
Please change those settings and let me know if you are still receiving the security certificate warning.For more information about security certificates and how to protect your computer and personal information while using WiFi, please look at the following:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/Let me know if you have any other questions. Many thanks.
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