SSL is a standard in web encryption technology. Occasionally, a website will have issues related to this security system, which may cause an error to occur.
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What is a Certificate?
A certificate is essentially a badge provided by a third party that verifies that the page you are trying to access is legitimate. Without a certificate, a third party can easily "spoof" a website to steal personal information. Using HTTP instead of HTTPS opens your data and browsing to a wide variety of easily preventable attacks.
Below are errors that usually appear in Firefox or Chrome.
Possible Errors
Bypassable Errors
Some errors can be bypassed by going to Advanced → Proceed to Website (unsafe). For these errors, it is not recommended to proceed, as any information or forms you enter can be easily intercepted.
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Open Terminal under Finder → Applications → Utilities.
Enter
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --ignore-certificate-errors --ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests &> /dev/nullPress Enter.
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Non-Bypassable Errors
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NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID - Generic Error |
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In general, it is NOT recommended to try to fix these errors by disabling or bypassing them. These errors exist to keep your personal information safe, as well as the data integrity of the entire University. If you see these errors, please report them to ITS immediately. |
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