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Rediculas that I have to use explorer to research my error, as fire fox cant do a google search. I can also not change my company security settings.

MorneMeintjes
MorneMeintjes
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I use Fire fox across all platforms. And do Google searches all day. Unfortunatly Fire fox is incapable of doing web searches. Yes I looked at the solutions, but my company will not change their security settings as it pushed globaly.

I just want to disable the feature. as I get eiter a time out or the below notification.

"The owner of www.google.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate."

I have been loyal to FireFox but if i cant solve this issue i will have to move to Chrome as its affecting my work.

I use Fire fox across all platforms. And do Google searches all day. Unfortunatly Fire fox is incapable of doing web searches. Yes I looked at the solutions, but my company will not change their security settings as it pushed globaly. I just want to disable the feature. as I get eiter a time out or the below notification. "The owner of www.google.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website. This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate." I have been loyal to FireFox but if i cant solve this issue i will have to move to Chrome as its affecting my work.

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Paul
Paul
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Hi

I think that the issue that you are having is going to be connected to your companies network and security settings.

I strongly recommend that you discuss this matter with your companies IT support team as they should be able to help you with this.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Usually connection issues with most or all HTTPS sites in Firefox that don't affect IE and Chrome can be attributed to a "man in the middle" -- security software, a proxy server, parental control/content filtering software, or malware.

If you have a few minute and wish to investigate further, you can try a site that doesn't use HSTS (strict transport security) on which you can access the Exception dialog. For example:

Load my test page at: https://jeffersonscher.com/res/jstest.php

If you do not get a connection error, stop. The rest of this isn't applicable.

Expand the "Advanced" button on the error page and look for an Add Exception button.

Note: You don't need to complete the process of adding an exception -- I suggest not adding one until we know this isn't a malware issue -- but you can use the dialog to view the information that makes Firefox suspicious.

Click Add Exception, and the certificate exception dialog should open.

Click the View button. If View is not enabled, try the Get Certificate button first.

This should pop up the Certificate Viewer. Look at the "Issued by" section, and on the Details tab, the Certificate Hierarchy. What do you see there? I have attached a screen shot for comparison.