On 22/11/2024 08:35, Kenneth wrote:
> "Secure sight not available, continue to http instead?" Like what I had seen
> before, on occasion.
> 
> By simply refreshing the page, this more ominous warning appears:
> "Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead"

This is common when you access an SSL server by something other than the configured
names in the certificate. It is rarely an actual security risk.

In this case you hit the news server SSL directly via IP address rather than name. The
certificate served by the news server is good for povray.org but not for a raw IP
address. Hence the cert does not mention the IP as being valid and your browser notes
this fact and issues the warning. This is as designed; you need to use the DNS name.

-- Chris

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