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Secure Connection Failed - Washington Examiner

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Hi, Starting yesterday, 19 March, when I try to visit the Washington Examiner website, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/, I see this message:

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Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.washingtonexaminer.com. Peer’s Certificate has been revoked.

Error code: SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE

   The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
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But I can visit the site with the latest version of Microsoft Edge. I prefer to use Firefox however. Any ideas?

Thanks - Dave

Hi, Starting yesterday, 19 March, when I try to visit the Washington Examiner website, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/, I see this message: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.washingtonexaminer.com. Peer’s Certificate has been revoked. Error code: SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But I can visit the site with the latest version of Microsoft Edge. I prefer to use Firefox however. Any ideas? Thanks - Dave

Chosen solution

The certificate has been revoked as you can see here:

The website will have to get a new certificate.

Firefox seems to be the only browser that does the revocation (CRL) check in real-time, other browsers appear to download/update this CRL list from time to time and there it can take a few days before they are aware of a certificate revocation.

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Hi

We had a question about this earlier today that you may find of use:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1371644

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Hi Seburo, James in the referenced thread says "Nothing to do with Mozilla or the Firefox web browsers." But I don't see the problem with the Edge browser.

Just wait? Thanks - Daave

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Suluhisho teule

The certificate has been revoked as you can see here:

The website will have to get a new certificate.

Firefox seems to be the only browser that does the revocation (CRL) check in real-time, other browsers appear to download/update this CRL list from time to time and there it can take a few days before they are aware of a certificate revocation.

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Dave McKeen said

Hi Seburo, James in the referenced thread says "Nothing to do with Mozilla or the Firefox web browsers." But I don't see the problem with the Edge browser. Just wait? Thanks - Daave

Missed my other comments I see.

If the other web browsers did the same as Firefox then these sites having revoked certificates issues would perhaps be fixed right away.

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Yeah, my bad. Now I see the light. Thanks!!

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ seems to load now instead of giving the revoked certificate error.

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Got it. Thanks!