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I get an invalid cert diagnostic. You attempted to reach www.whitehouse.gov, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as a248.e.akamai.net.
by drallison 14y ago
I get an invalid cert diagnostic.
You attempted to reach www.whitehouse.gov, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as a248.e.akamai.net. This may be caused by a misconfiguration on the server or by something more serious. An attacker on your network could be trying to get you to visit a fake (and potentially harmful) version of www.whitehouse.gov.
- zerovox 14y agoI think that's because we've been linked to a non-secure page by https instead of http. I would have thought the servers should forward you on to the correct page without a cert error though
- Hello71 14y agoThey can't.
- Firehed 14y agoI'm not sure it would be wise to provide the private key for www.whitehouse.gov to Akamai to attempt such a configuration, no matter how trustworthy they are. They need to fix the routing internally (slower, but safer).
- Cushman 14y agoBy putting https in, you're forcing your browser to authenticate the server before making an HTTP call. At the time that you see that cert error, the server has no idea what you want yet.
- rachelbythebay 14y agoModulo SNI, of course.
- Cushman 14y agoI stand corrected, the server may know the HTTP host. Thanks :)