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    • Marketing_Today
      Marketing_Today last edited by

      I have a site that is not supposed to have a security certificate but if I go to https://www.mysite.com I get the message below

      Your connection is not private

      Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.mysite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).

      NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID_<label>Automatically report details of possible security incidents to Google. </label>_

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      • Eric_Rohrback
        Eric_Rohrback last edited by

        That's a pretty typical message a browser will display when a security certificate is either set up incorrectly or it expired. A big reason why these messages are shown are because of phishing scams that typically happen from sites attempting to display security to a user when in fact they are only looking to steal info. Not all sites are like that, but it is a concern.

        _NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID _means the certificate is not registered with a valid authority. Check where the certificate was registered and make sure it's valid. If it's self signed, i'm not sure what steps you would need to take to get that resolved... I'll do some googling, but someone with a little more experience should chime in to help

        Update: Found this google product forum thread which might help - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/95NrJOxJKSg/0KyeuTNlbj0J

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        • Mobilio
          Mobilio last edited by

          Maybe your hosting also include certificate for your site and support secure connection too. But since you didn't enable this visitors may get other site (yeah, that's right!) and also invalid certificate (because certificate mismatch with domain).

          Isn't great situation, but you can check your site with https:// and disable it on your hosting control panel.

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