WTF, changing your PC date is not a solution! This will cause more issues.
Indeed, what a silly workaround.
Expired SSL certificate
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#12I wonder if browsers should for (say) a week after a cert has expired, show an error so alarms are raised, but allow the dialog to be dismissed with an OK instead of all the "Confirm Security Exception" that would go on for a more serious cert rejection.
I don't agree. If this happens, same rule should apply for domain name expiration.
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#13What is shocking is that they still haven't found the way to properly fix it after 3 days. I updated some SSL certificates last week (which even required contortions such as moving to a new issuer since some legacy software requires old-style SHA-1 signed ones which our current one doesn't provide), and it didn't take more than one (long) day of work.
It's just embarrassing.
I can only assume the sysop is on holiday.
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#14I can't help but notice the motto:
Enjoy the simplicity
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#16Don't pretty much all browsers let you accept using an expired certificate?
The issue is with HSTS. If you've visited the site before you've likely cached that SSL is required and your browser will refuse to connect. Using e.g. a 'private window' will allow it to be bypassed.
> Using e.g. a 'private window' will allow it to be bypassed
In Firefox, yes. But not in Chrome (in my experience).
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#17Why is this on the frontpage?
Because it's kind of completely ridiculous; both the problem and the proposed solution.
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#18I wonder if browsers should for (say) a week after a cert has expired, show an error so alarms are raised, but allow the dialog to be dismissed with an OK instead of all the "Confirm Security Exception" that would go on for a more serious cert rejection.
That is by far not the job of a browser to remind server administrators to renew there certs and display that message to random users.
Alas, in this imperfect world, phone calls from random users are how server admins are notified of cert expiry.
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#19Why is this on the frontpage?
Because people are forgetting that the first rule of Hacker News is that no fun is allowed.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is by far not the job of a browser to remind server administrators to renew there certs and display that message to random users.
Alas, in this imperfect world, phone calls from random users are how server admins are notified of cert expiry.
In this "imperfect" world nowadays eveyone try to ship his responsability to someone else.