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Problem using HTTPS with ReadyShare
Setting up Readyshare to allow access to a thumb drive from the internet. Works fine, except that the connection is HTTP and not HTTPS. I could deal with no support for HTTPS, but there is no way to...
I got this reply from level 3 (via level 2) support:
Engineers confirmed that this is a device limitation and there is no security issue even if you are getting this message.
Please see engineers comment:
"This is a known limitation of all our product, NETGEAR only put this self-signed certificate in FW but not public to root server. Browser will give a warning but user can access page continually without issue. "
"This will not impact security, this just a warning regarding the certification is not recognize but public."I will ask for the ability to use port 80 to avoid the error messages.
I worked with level 2 for over an hour on it yesterday. They took screen shots via Remote Desktop to provide to level 3.
The (probably) best error message comes from IE 11, which says:
Mismatched Address
The certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.
The problem might represent an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
We recommend that you close the webpage.
If I look at the Certificate Information page, it says that it was issued to & by: www..routerlogin.net.
Tom
I got this reply from level 3 (via level 2) support:
Engineers confirmed that this is a device limitation and there is no security issue even if you are getting this message.
Please see engineers comment:
"This is a known limitation of all our product, NETGEAR only put this self-signed certificate in FW but not public to root server. Browser will give a warning but user can access page continually without issue. "
"This will not impact security, this just a warning regarding the certification is not recognize but public."
I will ask for the ability to use port 80 to avoid the error messages.