Hotmail "issue"?

[stockhausen]

I haven't used Hotmail for ages but I just tried logging in and got the following message:

An error occurred during a connection to mail.live.com. Invalid OCSP signing certificate in OCSP response. Error code: SEC_ERROR_OCSP_INVALID_SIGNING_CERT

• The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.

Any idea why I would suddenly get an Online Certificate Status Protocol error? Is this recent, has something changed?

I have avoided Hotmail pretty much ever since they were hacked nearly 20 years ago; presumably they have subsequently gone overboard with security?

 

[stockhausen]

Firefox = YES
Why would that be an issue?
Microsoft "pimping" MSIE?

 

[stockhausen]

It is now sorted. It was all over twitter.

What was the problem and what was the solution?

Incidentally, I have just tried again - it is not sorted - but I can access Hotmail using MSIE

 

[stockhausen]

It beggars belief that following the recent WannaCry fiasco, some people are actually suggesting that getting round security checks is a sensible solution - UNBELIEVABLE!

Anti-Virus software steals CPU cycles and RAM - get rid of it, get rid of it today - you know it makes sense.
Applying patches takes time and might cause problems, revert to Windows '95 - you know it makes sense.
Your long-lost Uncle might have been the Nigerian Minister of Health, post your Bank Account Details on Facebook & Twitter - you know it makes sense.

 

[stockhausen]

It seems that Microsoft have finally got their act together over Hotmail and Firefox - power surge I expect