SSL Certificate Errors

Users report invalid, expired, or mismatched SSL/HTTPS certificates on a website, causing browser warnings in Chrome and Firefox.

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harel • Aug 18, 2018 • View on HN

Chrome has issues with your certificate...

veverkap • Oct 23, 2025 • View on HN

The website is now throwing a certificate error unfortunately.

johnduhart • Jan 29, 2017 • View on HN

Check your SSL config, I'm getting a common name mismatch when I browse your site.

ggm • Jun 3, 2024 • View on HN

Bad site cert. Some browsers won't go there. (chrome) but FF did

asn0 • Sep 30, 2015 • View on HN

HTTPS is broken for this site, SSL cert doesn't match.

asplake • Nov 18, 2024 • View on HN

I’m getting certificate errors. Is there a better URL?

aptwebapps • Oct 1, 2013 • View on HN

Chrome doesn't like the certificate right now.

xwowsersx • Feb 15, 2022 • View on HN

That's awesome. On FF, it's complaining that there's an issue with the SSL cert FYI: Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER

privacyking • Aug 30, 2022 • View on HN

bro you don't even have an up to date browser / trusted cert store.

keysdev • Aug 18, 2025 • View on HN

Maybe fix the certificate issue on the site. Some browser doesnt event let one go forward with a bad cert.