Bitcoin Forum

Hi there.

During recent month I've been unable to access forum using Opera, Firefox and Chrome.

Error when trying to access forum using Opera:


Using firefox:


Using Chrome:


I have recently figured out that using Internet Explorer I can access the forum with no problems!

Please save me! I'm using Internet Explorer! Some guy from unicef called yesterday and told me that Angelina Jolie has decided to adopt me when she heard I'm using IE. Please save me! Please save me!

This is probably a problem on your end. I never had a problem accessing via any browser (except for the occasional gateway error). A quick Google search resulted in this (http://www.inforaid.com/fix-ssl-connection-error-in-google-chrome/). No idea if it is going to help, but it is worth a shot.

ive never had any problems connecting to this forum that are browser based. Ive been using chrome opera and firefox for the past couple years now and can say the forum works fine for me. im guessing its an issue with your ISP.

There is a problem with the ssl certificate the browser received when trying to connect. In the URL bar on chrome, there should be a little icon to the left of the https. Click that and go to the connection tab. Post a screenshot of what you see there.

I'm also from the same country as to the official poster of this thread as we talked on PM ... I can't use Chrome, Firefox and IE for bitcointalk.org without using a VPN just so I could get in, in recent week or so... is there a chance we could find out that if this forum is being blocked by our country or something similar that is limiting our access within out country?

edit:
I always get connection refused error

Thank you everybody for your feedback. Unfortunately, nothing has worked yet.  :)



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Here it is:

http://imgur.com/3Qx7cwr

Connect via IE, click the padlock in the URL bar, click "view certificate", and go to the "certification path" tab. Screenshot that. Also go to the "details" tab, select "public key", and copy/paste the big block of text in the lower pane.

I'd guess that probably your country is blocking it or doing some sort of MITM attack. If the bitcointalk.org server or an upstream ISP had banned your IP from connecting (which is very rare and done only to specific IPs, not huge ranges), I think you'd get a "could not connect" error, not an SSL error.

Sending you a personal message with that information.

The info is all correct in IE. I have no idea why IE would receive correct HTTPS info and other browser would not. I was guessing that IE accepted some government MITM CA that other browsers reject.

Maybe the other browsers have some broken HTTPS data cached, or maybe IE is configured to use a proxy, or maybe the forum's real IP address is cached by IE but not by the other browsers, which are seeing a MITM IP (or vice-versa).

Well it might be a issue with your isp or ip which may be blocking secured connections (SSL) to the forum.
Forum is working fine on my end. :)

yes it seem SSL and your computer is your issue!

Well im no expert in this but have you tried using the incognito mode on chrome? (Control + alt + n) Try to access the forum using it, im not saying it will work but sometimes when i try to open a youtube video for example and it doesn't work i open the incognito mode and works, im not sure why, maybe it works for you too.

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extract the file open compint 32 bit or 64 bit choose desire to your pc. Then after that check all options then start after that restart your pc if you have ccleaner use it to clean your cookies and cache if you don't have here's the link -dont get infected kids-

If you still getting this issue pm me i will give you another solution. I'm computer and cellphone technician i can help you about this problem just pm me sooner or later i will responce to your pm...

Thank you all. The problem still exists, but I've tried to contact my ISP, and I'll update if I figured out anything new or found any solutions.  :)

Dont download that please

-> https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/7b47c737f8f398be62fc6fd44e6b3974af8cf45cf06ec87c1b0e3654cce4900e/analysis/

New finding: The exact same problem is happening to me when trying to access links from the https://reddit.com site. I can easily access it using IE, but any other browser fails with exact same errors of bitcointalk.





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I didn't download that (I generally never download links with random zip files from a cloud server).

Reporting the post now...

Ouch sorry for the link i was scan it from avg but no threats. i rescan it from virustotal and theres a virus sorry i remove the link
heres the new link alternate for complete internet repair.. https://userscloud.com/tiddo1b80zkn
and this is a scan from virus total https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/f7cecb648d02c07504f50cf6ddeded930bd29945e89cdef6673209fe99019e95/analysis/

You can always try to ignore the error in chrome by doing this:

Right click on chrome shortcut in desktop or whatever you have it and go to properties, now go to shortcut tab and find Target. Paste'' –ignore-certificate-errors– '' (with the ''-'' included) click on Apply and OK.

This is not a permanent solution and may not work for you

Tried it, unfortunately didn't work for me.

Can you try using a VPN clinent (or browser extension) and report back? The problem is likely originating from your provider and a proxied connection could likely help bypass that.

Have you checked your firewall? You should check the settings to see if there is any option that blocks ssl.

I also found this:

Changing your internet security setting can be a solution of ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR in chrome. To do it-

Go to Control Panel > Network and Internet.
Then click on Internet Option.
Now from the Security tab select Internet and set security level Medium.
From Privacy tab, set privacy level medium too. (If this option is available)
Now restart your computer.

That solves my problem, but I want to be able to use the forum normally, not using a VPN connection every time.  :'(

Thanks for the advise, but it didn't solve the problem.