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From: Tuomo Hartikainen <tth@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox tells me my "...connection is not secure"
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:12:10
Message-Id: 20170123091156.GA4118@boxi
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox tells me my "...connection is not secure" by Andrew Lowe
1 On 2017-01-23 16:55, Andrew Lowe wrote:
2 > On 23/01/17 16:46, Alarig Le Lay wrote:
3 > > On Mon Jan 23 16:43:32 2017, Andrew Lowe wrote:
4 > >> HI all,
5 > >> Just wondering if anyone else has come across this problem. Via the search
6 > >> box in Firefox, I attempt to search Google for, say, "distillation columns"
7 > >> and I get a page saying:
8 > >>
9 > >> "Your connection is not secure"
10 > >>
11 > >> some more stuff then
12 > >>
13 > >> "Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY"
14 > >>
15 > >> I try the same thing with wikipedia and I get the same response. I then go
16 > >> to the slashdot website, all is good. The local newspaper, all good. I can
17 > >> log into my bank no problems. I've tried Youtube and it brings up the
18 > >> problem, which is using https, but viewing a range of other sites, also
19 > >> using https does not reveal the problem.
20 > >>
21 > >> Any ideas as to what's making three of the biggest sites on the 'net
22 > >> unsecure for me?
23 > >>
24 > >> Any thoughts greatly appreciated,
25 > >>
26 > >> Andrew
27 > >>
28 >
29 > Yes.... Anyway, whilst I was writing the original email, I was also
30 > building the latest, 50.1.0-r1, firefox and now, hey presto, after a
31 > restart, things are now working again. I have no idea...........
32 >
33 > Andrew
34
35 The cause was most likely this[1] bug from December, if you hadn't
36 rebuild your Firefox more recently.
37
38 [1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603622
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41 Tuomo Hartikainen