Thread 'Certificate issue, browser says my data may not be private.'

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Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3394	Message 119539 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 12:05:44 UTC A known trusted site, cpdn.org In my browser I can go to advanced and allow the site to load. Is there a way to tell BOINC I trust the site? ID: 119539 ·      Reply Quote
Vitalii Koshura Volunteer developer Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Mar 17 Posts: 221	Message 119540 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 13:34:40 UTC - in response to Message 119539.   No: the website should have a proper certificates chain. BOINC client is not a browser, it works in the background without waiting for the user to make any approval. BOINC maintainer. For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog. ID: 119540 ·      Reply Quote
Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5170	Message 119541 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 13:51:12 UTC In this particular case, either the project or - more likely - their hosting university IT department, has installed a viable domain certificate without noticing that it expired around 04:30 this morning. ID: 119541 ·      Reply Quote
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 10 May 07 Posts: 1867	Message 119543 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 13:57:01 UTC Dave The certificate EXPIRED yesterday 28 June 2026. Error message "net::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID" Vitalii Koshura is right. So until CPDN renews the certificate BOINC is doing the SAFE & right thing by blocking it. ID: 119543 ·      Reply Quote
robsmith Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 25 May 09 Posts: 1460	Message 119544 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 14:14:57 UTC - in response to Message 119543.   Often the blocking s NOT done by BOINC but by your own browser. For example if I try to look at the CPDN site I get the Firefox warning that the site I'm trying to look at is "insecure" ID: 119544 ·      Reply Quote
Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5170	Message 119545 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 14:26:23 UTC - in response to Message 119544.   Yes, a missing / expired / corrupt certificate affects both a human being using a browser and an automatic process like BOINC. The human being can read the warnings and proceed appropriately: the automatic process can't. ID: 119545 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3394	Message 119547 - Posted: 29 Jun 2026, 14:49:01 UTC No great surprise. It was the answer I expected but thought I would ask anyway. ID: 119547 ·      Reply Quote

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