Many thanks for your post on this. I read the links, deciding not to access any https websites until I learned how to check their security certificates. In the past, I've only seen them when they're out of date or my browser thinks something else might be wrong with them.
I've talked through stuff with a couple of my computer security-savvy folks on this side of the Pond and poked enough to be comfy with the process. Fortunately, I don't have any regular bills coming due for a few weeks, and I can mail them in rather than paying them online this month if my sensitive sites are still running on old certificates then. I am going to mail my taxes in rather than submitting them electronically. Anything else is just too much exposure -- the free fillable forms are on a site whose SSL certificate dates back to November. Normally not a problem. But this week isn't normal.
So, again, thanks. Without your post, I could well have not known to go looking for further info.
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Date: 2014-04-09 12:48 am (UTC)I've talked through stuff with a couple of my computer security-savvy folks on this side of the Pond and poked enough to be comfy with the process. Fortunately, I don't have any regular bills coming due for a few weeks, and I can mail them in rather than paying them online this month if my sensitive sites are still running on old certificates then. I am going to mail my taxes in rather than submitting them electronically. Anything else is just too much exposure -- the free fillable forms are on a site whose SSL certificate dates back to November. Normally not a problem. But this week isn't normal.
So, again, thanks. Without your post, I could well have not known to go looking for further info.