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Annamarie
Jul 06, 2017Aspirant
No Users Found - RemoteNAS
Really need some help!!! Have a Netgear NAS NV+ and have been running RemoteNAS successfully for years. Performed an update a few weeks back. End user informed me she was unable to connect via Rem...
StephenB
Jul 11, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Annamarie wrote:
Edge
This site is not secure
This might mean that someone’s trying to fool you or steal any info you send to the server. You should close this site immediately.
Go to your Start page
DetailsYour PC doesn’t trust this website’s security certificate.
The hostname in the website’s security certificate differs from the website you are trying to visit.
Error Code: DLG_FLAGS_INVALID_CA
DLG_FLAGS_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID
Go on to the webpage (Not recommended)
Firefox
192.168.1.8 uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed. The certificate is not valid for the name 192.168.1.8. Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER
No clue on Remote, but browsers have generally been giving errors like this on self-signed certificates for quite a while. Over time the warnings are becoming more strident. That's because self-signed certs (in internet servers) are a pathway to man-in-the-middle and phishing attacks.
With firefox you can simply save a security exception. The others aren't that simple - I just click through the warnings myself.
Annamarie
Jul 11, 2017Aspirant
I figured as much. Thank you for the reply! I also just create an exception or click through as well. Just wanted to post this up just in case.
Have a great day.
Annamarie
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