Safari 6: Can't establish a secure connection

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Safari 6: Can't establish a secure connection

Hello,

I'm running 10.7.4 and using Safari 6.

I have a problem with users not being able to go to websites that use 'https'. When a user visits a website using https, they get the following error: "Safari can't open the page 'https://www.google.com' because Safari can't establish a secure connection to the server 'www.google.com'." I have proxy settings being pushed from my 10.7.4 server using Workgroup Manager.

Is anyone else having this issue?

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Posted on Sep 5, 2012 3:04 AM

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Answer 1

Morgan R Author

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Sep 5, 2012 3:28 AM in response to Morgan R

I use the 'golden triangle' approach, which works fine. This means I set all my Mac-specific settings in WGM (OD) and let the users log in using AD. If I unbind the Mac from OD (so there's no settings being pushed from WGM), log in as an AD user and set the proxy settings within System Preferences > Network > Proxies, I can connect to https websites.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 5, 2012 11:37 AM in response to Morgan R

Can they connect without going through the proxy?

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Morgan R Author

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Sep 6, 2012 12:43 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hello Linc,

No, they cannot connect to the Internet without going through the proxy. I work in a school and it's extremely important we can filter/monitor our users traffic.

Morgan

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Linc Davis

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Sep 6, 2012 4:27 AM in response to Morgan R

Either your proxy isn't working, or you're running some kind of firewall that prevents the connections.

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