Can't Connect to Wikipedia

I figure I'll just spell out what exactly I did:

1. Today I went to Wikipedia for the first time since upgrading to Sierra. (so that's likely a factor) At first, I was able to view articles, but no images would load. Several minutes later, any wikipedia page resulted in a message in Safari to the effect of "can't establish a secure connection to https://wikipedia.org/"


2. I did a quick search but found no similar topics from support forums in 2016, all were for older versions of Safari. (I have 10.0)


3. I attempted to connect to wikipedia via Chrome and Firefox. Chrome produced the same result, no secure connection, no web site. Firefox mysteriously works just fine.


I'm not a network specialist by any means, but I'm familiar enough with basic encryption to know I haven't inadvertently turned on extra security, changed any settings or altered my network in any way that would block the site. Since Firefox can load it, it would seem it's not being blocked by the OS/firewall. I did see there's a support article saying that Safari 10 won't connect to "non-secure sites" but frankly I connect to less-than-ideally-secure web sites on a daily basis for my job, using the same computer.


Any thoughts? Maybe I'm not aware of new security settings in Sierra that would resolve this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1), Mid 2010 15 in.

Posted on Oct 13, 2016 9:45 AM

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Oct 13, 2016 10:23 AM in response to Dreamwinder

Ok. So I technically figured it out, but it's not a user-friendly solution, especially given the household-name nature of the site. Basically, when I tried to load the site using http instead of https, (not a good idea, but I was grasping at straws) the server redirected safari to an https connection, as it should. At which point, I got a message saying the site has a certificate, albeit an untrusted one. I then had to open the message details, and instruct the browser to trust the certificate anyway. (I can just hear the security experts crying inside) So in effect, I guess the site works for me now, but either Safari 10 isn't reading/getting up-to-date certificates, or Wikipedia isn't up to current standards.

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