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Can't access a site that I access with Internet Explorer

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I tried to access the site: https://www.scuola.dote.regione.lombardia.it/ and I have got the message: Secure Connection Failed. I have read a number of web pages telling how to hack firefox to solve the problem, but none of them worked. Eventually, I have used Internet Explorer, that opens the site without complaining about the autenticity of the site (which, by the way, it is a site of the local Government...).

I tried to access the site: https://www.scuola.dote.regione.lombardia.it/ and I have got the message: Secure Connection Failed. I have read a number of web pages telling how to hack firefox to solve the problem, but none of them worked. Eventually, I have used Internet Explorer, that opens the site without complaining about the autenticity of the site (which, by the way, it is a site of the local Government...).

Saafara biñ tànn

On the face of it, the site has a good certificate. However, Firefox obviously doesn't like something about it and I'm trying to figure out what it is.

Meanwhile, this diagnostic site gives a grade of "F" to the server, so the security of your connection may be questionable: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.scuola.dote.regio.... Hopefully you aren't submitting or viewing any sensitive data you do not want to leak out to third parties. I suggest bringing that assessment to the site's attention.

This workaround should work:

(0) Select and copy the following host name:

www.scuola.dote.regione.lombardia.it

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste TLS and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts preference and:

(A) If it's blank, paste the host name and click OK (B) If there's already content in this preference, press the End key to go to the end, type a comma, then paste the host name and click OK

To test the result, reload the problem page using Ctrl+Shift+r to bypass the cache.

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There is security software like Avast and Kaspersky and BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connections and send their own certificate.

http://www.ehow.com/how_11385212_troubleshoot-reset-connection-firefox.html

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-error-message

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-untrusted-error-message

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

This Connection is Untrusted is sometimes caused because the computer system clock is wrong. Check the time / date / time zone settings.

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Saafara yiñ Tànn

On the face of it, the site has a good certificate. However, Firefox obviously doesn't like something about it and I'm trying to figure out what it is.

Meanwhile, this diagnostic site gives a grade of "F" to the server, so the security of your connection may be questionable: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.scuola.dote.regio.... Hopefully you aren't submitting or viewing any sensitive data you do not want to leak out to third parties. I suggest bringing that assessment to the site's attention.

This workaround should work:

(0) Select and copy the following host name:

www.scuola.dote.regione.lombardia.it

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste TLS and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts preference and:

(A) If it's blank, paste the host name and click OK (B) If there's already content in this preference, press the End key to go to the end, type a comma, then paste the host name and click OK

To test the result, reload the problem page using Ctrl+Shift+r to bypass the cache.