New domain name listed as using an invalid security certificate on Firefox.
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My husband tried to access my new domain name using firefox and got this message:
This Connection is UntrustedYou have asked Firefox to connect
securely to frugalfish.org, but we can’t confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site’s identity can’t be verified.What Should I Do?
If you usually connect to
this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is
trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn’t continue.Technical Details
frugalfish.org uses an invalid security certificate.The certificate is only valid for the following names:
*.wordpress.com , wordpress.com(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)
I Understand the Risks
Blog url: http://thisyearsbiblereadingguide.wordpress.com/ -
That’s actually quite normal. Rather, it’s a misguided warning more than anything, and only you and other registered users of the blog will see it when logged in.
When you connect to your Dashboard over an HTTPS connection, 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 altering you that WordPress.com may be intercepting your connection, which of course is perfectly fine.
Most security systems like this should have a way to add a permanent exception so you will never see the warning again in this instance.
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