James Babcock

Q: Safari cant establish  a secure connection to the server

I try to opoen this site : https://www.infragrad org i get this error msg

 

Safari can't establish a secure connection to "www.infragard.org"

 

all other web browsers work to this site with No message.

 

Certificates? or what else???

 

Im using Ver 6.2.8 in Mt lion

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 24" iMac/4GB/VMWare w/Win7,Win8

Posted on Mar 20, 2016 8:49 PM

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Q: Safari cant establish  a secure connection to the server

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  • by dominic23,Solvedanswer

    dominic23 dominic23 Mar 21, 2016 7:12 AM in response to James Babcock
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    Mar 21, 2016 7:12 AM in response to James Babcock

    If Safari says Safari cant’t establish  a secure connection

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204937

     

    Do you have any anti-virus software installed?

    If so, uninstall it.

  • by James Babcock,Helpful

    James Babcock James Babcock Mar 21, 2016 8:18 AM in response to dominic23
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    Mar 21, 2016 8:18 AM in response to dominic23

    Dominic23: well...thanks for the support URL. I will follow up...but I want to also tell you about this web site. It is sponsored by the FBI!! They use it as a portal to their Private web site ...which I am registered to use.  Even the Private one fails the encryption test! And this is the FBI...an org that fights cyber crime.

     

    oh well, I will try to convince the webmaster....however the response I got when I talked to him was "....no other site refuses to open our portal....". And indeed when I use Chrome, Firefox, the site opens OK.

     

    now how does one really fight this?  The FBI is a very large organization. I'll try ...then report back to this thread.

     

    PS. I don't not heed your point re : no anti virus. I use Clamav ...it is the one & only product that works properly in OSX ...in fact it was created over. 10 years ago just for OSX. Why?  I want to be sure I don't pass on to my many Windows colleagues any virus..say in a doc of interest that I know has been scanned. So enough with this So called Apple wisdom of no anti-virus. Others can heed your warning...not me. It is too dangerous.

  • by James Babcock,

    James Babcock James Babcock Mar 21, 2016 8:13 AM in response to James Babcock
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    Mar 21, 2016 8:13 AM in response to James Babcock

    HHere is more information I gleaned from the Infragard.org support desk.   They stopped support ofAny Safari version NEWER than ver 6.2. Older versions they DO support. It has to do with the version of TLS..the transport layer. TLS versions older than ver 1.2 is supported...newer ones are not!! So, for this FBI website versions that *could* be better for some is not for them. The FBI      ,!!    I give up...

     

    hOWEVER, The Safari under iOS 9.2.1 works great!!!   So...I can get to their site via iPad ...but NOT with OS10.8.5!!  OK, I'm about to jump to OS10.11....been dreading it but will go ahead. Then we'll see what how the vaunted FBI site responds.......

     

    thanx for listening

    JIm B

  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Mar 21, 2016 9:36 AM in response to James Babcock
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    Mar 21, 2016 9:36 AM in response to James Babcock

    Please try it. As long as iOS 9 Safari suits your need, there is nothing to worry.

     

     

    Best.

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Mar 21, 2016 4:10 PM in response to James Babcock
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    Mar 21, 2016 4:10 PM in response to James Babcock

    FYI, I have no problem accessing the site using Safari 9.1.

     

    There are versions of Safari 9.1 for 10.9.5 and above, so you don't have to go to 10.11 if that's too hard, but I would normally recommend you bite the bullet and go all the way now, since it's something you will eventually be forced to do.