Invalid SSL certificate on reddit.

RomanNose · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:03

Anyone else getting it?
I am a bit precarious as it could be hijacked, so it might be a good idea to wait it out till it's fixed and not accept the exception. By the way if anyone does not know, this is when you use https so you won't be getting it if you browse using http.

TheKnat · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:05

Chrome is telling me that the site is a248.e.akamai.net. I believe akamai technolgies are one of the largest content hosting companies on the internet who host sites for pretty much everyone.

Can't be 100% sure its safe, but I don't think its dodgy either

Al Vallario · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:09

RomanNose · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:13

Al Vallario said:
You realise reddit doesn't officially have HTTPS support, right?

If you attempt to navigate via HTTPS you'll get the security certificate of their CDN (Akamai) thrown up, which obviously doesn't match the reddit.com doman.

Ahh, I think you might be right. It's just weird that I have been using https for the last year and never got this warning and I suddenly have.

Al Vallario · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:25

sanaxe1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:25

why are you using SSL on reddit? Have You been spending a lot of time in the jailbait reddit?

RomanNose · 15 Sep 2011 at 19:31

sanaxe1 said:
why are you using SSL on reddit? Have You been spending a lot of time in the jailbait reddit?

Never heard about Phorn and all the other cases where ISP's have injected adverts into their websites? Also it's a fairly decent way to know if a website has been hijacked.
Anyway it's all automated with https everywhere.