FR's SSL Certificate has Expired

https://freerepublic.com ^

[SuperLuminal]

You are a trolling moron...
GTFO!

[luvie]

A better person than YOU’LL ever be!

[Gideon7]

>> Why has the certification been allowed to expire?

The certificate WILL expire 1 year after issued. It must be replaced each year with a new certificate. It’s a PITA.

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FR should switch their Certificate Authority to LetsEncrypt. It is free and has an easy-to-use auto-renewal script (ACME and WinACME) so you never need to worry about forgetting to renew a certificate.

[SlipperySlope99]

So is this a tech company sticking it to Free Republic because it’s a conservative website and let the SSL certificate expire?

Maybe it’s just an innocent mistake, but you never know in tbe woke world of Big Tech which I used to be a part of.

[Bikkuri]

I learned too late for the, "looks like meat's back on the menu, boys"..
We still have dedicated VKitties, but they are shy about coming out anymore ;^)

[Bikkuri]

I was looking for "Mr. 96 replies".. 😁

[sloanrb]

You used to be able to get 3 and 5 year certificates. Then Google decided to only allow 1 year max certs in Chrome. So everyone else just bent over for them.

Sometimes I think Googlemis trying to become the next Microsoft.

[Pollard]

SSL Certificates are sold by several companies. Fees are due annually. Someone should have gotten a notification via email that it was getting close to expiring. Maybe that email goes to Jim instead of John and Jim has been ill.

[Allegra]

Yeah, I “accepted the risk” and continued.

Is my laptop or phone going to self-destruct, I wonder? :)

[Bikkuri]

"Then click Proceed to freerepuclic.com"

😆

[Allegra]

I got the security warning but then it asked me if I was fully vaccinated for Covid 19 before I could access the site.

Just kidding..

[ggrrrrr23456]

Folks, if you just click through the “advanced” prompts, rest assured that the data being transferred is still fully encrypted.

[nicollo]

[Bikkuri]

"I got the security warning but then it asked me if I was fully vaccinated for Covid 19 before I could access the site. Just kidding.."

😉😎

[Delta 21]

On the road Freeping from my phone. Thanks for keeping the kitties up to speed.

No mercy No quarter.

[DCBryan1]

dang....IATZ....thx

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

“Punch through keep going to this site.”

I tried would not let me through to unsecure site!

I got here by clicking on older Free Republic link from this morning!

[Gene Eric]

That’s option. rpms available for ez setup too.

[skr]

Just curious as to how all the posts asking about the site being down and expired certificates get posted while the site is down.

[Jane Long]

More like 96 Tears 🥲