Safety certificate

marcelbdt

January 22, 2008, 03:27 PM posted in General Discussion

In the last few days, I have several times had an error when trying to connect to chinesepod.com. The browser claims that there is a safety certificate problem, and that the safety certificate has been issued to a "different site". I have not had this error with other websites. Is it just my computer that has a bug, or has anyone else run into the same problem?

RJ

January 22, 2008, 04:21 PM

just today it started asking me every time I log on if I want to proceed due to safety certificate uncertainty or something. Never had it before. I just click yes and proceed.

jamestheron

January 23, 2008, 02:00 AM

Seems to be working now. Below is the response after I sent an e-mail. ---- Hi James, We apologize for the inconvenience. Our technical team are currently working on it already, I would advise to try to sign in at a later time. Thanks for your understanding. Marco

goulnik

January 22, 2008, 04:34 PM

same happens to me now, almost each time I visit after some interruption

fudawei

January 22, 2008, 04:35 PM

Since the change mentioned in the certificate pop-up is to a server within the same domain and since it coincides with the recent server work, I think we can confidently rule out "fishing" -- but, you're right. Team CPOD should probably say something to put everyone at ease. I'm guessing they don't see the problem on their end.

pipsy

January 22, 2008, 04:41 PM

Have any of you guys actually looked at the certificate to see who it is from etc ?

pipsy

January 22, 2008, 04:50 PM

secure.praxis.language search google for thawte rest assured!

marcelbdt

January 22, 2008, 04:31 PM

Exactly as for me... OK, this could be a minor bug at ChinesePod, if that is the case, it's no biggie. But possibly it could be something more sinister (fishing). If anyone at CPod is reading this - I believe it would be a good idea to investigate.

fudawei

January 22, 2008, 05:08 PM

Here is the Pop-U in question:

GreyPhoenix

January 22, 2008, 05:41 PM

Yep - same thing here. I figured since the end was still "praxislanguage.com" it was probably okay. Still, it'd be great to get it taken care of so folks aren't worried. :- D

calkins

January 22, 2008, 06:47 PM

I'm getting the same thing. Here's the certificate I see on my Mac. The thing that concerns me is the "Issuer Name" location...Cape Town, Zaire (lots of internet scams). However, I googled thawte.com and it looks legit...so let's hope so! Search

rsmith91

January 22, 2008, 07:45 PM

Same problem with me, every time I log on. Calkins, I agree that the reference to Zaire is a bit worrying - surely thay would be based in the US? ChinesePod, I think you need to look into this fast. More than anything, it's just plain annoying!

bryan

January 23, 2008, 01:22 AM

Thawte is a major player in certificates and is 100% legit. Yes, their corporate headquarters are indeed in Cape Town. CPod, just needs to get a new certificate set up...

henning

January 22, 2008, 04:58 PM

Good to learn that I translated the message box of my Chinese Firefox roughly correct. Always get nervous if Firefox pops up messages with lots of 安全 in them and then requests my 确定 ;) Here my transcription of that message box: 您正在尝试同"crm.praxislanguage.com"建立连接。但是, 他出事的安全证书却属于"seure.praxislanguage.com"。虽然不太可能，但是仍旧有可能是有人再尝试拦截您和该站点的通信。如果您怀疑当前显示的证书不属于"crm.praxislanguage.com",请取消链接然后通知该站点的管理员。 -- 查看证书 -- 确定 -- 取消 So: Yes, same here.