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    • BeckyKey
      BeckyKey last edited by

      I did a quick check on https://validator.w3.org

      I got this error IO Error -

      java.security.cert.CertificateException: Certificates do not conform to algorithm constraints

      What does this mean?

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      • Dalessi
        Dalessi last edited by

        Hi, it is hard to tell because I do not know the URL of the site so cant look at anything really. It appears to be a security certificate error and may have to do with an SSL Handshake Exception.

        I would ask the developer to make sure that the Certificate and everything on the site is set correctly to use the certificate.

        Here is a link to a Stackoverflow.com article on that error message. If you go a Google search for that error it can be caused by many different things I hope this helps.

        Best Regards

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