FORScan website is getting SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN error.

[Aherpa]

If someone has a contact at FORscan, they need to know their SSL certificate has expired or has been hacked.

I accessed FORscan this morning and my FireFox browser issued the following error. Usually this means some else has taken over FORscan's domainname, meaning you think you are accessing FORscan but you might not be.

I have accessed FORscan before without issue, this is new.

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[CurtisB]

This week we have had, Facebook, instagram down and Medicare. Now Forscan? Someone is scouring our US network like syrup over pancakes.

 

[Darnon]

Someone is scouring our US network like syrup over pancakes.

FORScan is Russian.

 

[Aherpa]

If someone has a contact at FORscan, they need to know their SSL certificate has expired or has been hacked.

I accessed FORscan this morning and my FireFox browser issued the following error. Usually this means some else has taken over FORscan's domainname, meaning you think you are accessing FORscan but you might not be.

I have accessed FORscan before without issue, this is new.

Interestingly, if you access 'https://www.forscan.org' the site pops up. Forscan.org must have a HTTP and HTTPS lookup and FireFox hit the non-secured site first.
So if you are accessing FORScan, use the HTTPS lookup.

 

[RobN]

Interestingly, if you access 'https://www.forscan.org' the site pops up. Forscan.org must have a HTTP and HTTPS lookup and FireFox hit the non-secured site first.
So if you are accessing FORScan, use the HTTPS lookup.

That makes no sense - an http connection doesn't know or care about certs, and would never generate such an error.

https://forscan.org/ works.

The cert at https://www.forscan.org/ looks like it's for forscan.org (not www.forscan.org) - someone wasn't paying close attention when they replaced their certs. It looks valid for forscan.org, and it's new, so I bet someone will fix it once they notice.

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