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Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:05 AM
Disregard this its a problem on my side :)

iVersit
12-29-2001, 10:06 AM
doesn't hostvelocity sell from that site? Any comment on that...

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:08 AM
Umm also, would'nt this count as copyright infringement?

mdrussell
12-29-2001, 10:09 AM
The cert is valid for me...

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:11 AM
Hmmm, hostvelocity.com (?) is using freessl.com

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:12 AM
Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
The cert is valid for me...

Ofcourse, the cert works... but it gives out an error (authority not trusted). Also, if you look at the issuer rootcert it says issued in 2001 November :) Thats fake as far as I can tell.

coight
12-29-2001, 10:14 AM
Seems to work fine for me to!

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:14 AM
Wow believe it or not, its date JUST CHANGED!

coight
12-29-2001, 10:16 AM
Well I don't receive any errors. Looking at it I receive this: This certificate is OK. It was issued on 3 November 2001, and expires 3 November 2002

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:18 AM
Wow sorry :(
It seems to be a fault of my browser. I'll post a snapshot as proof later. Hmm can any one tell me which OS / IE version are they using?

Thanks.

mdrussell
12-29-2001, 10:38 AM
Originally posted by ^Kyo
Wow sorry :(
It seems to be a fault of my browser. I'll post a snapshot as proof later. Hmm can any one tell me which OS / IE version are they using?

Thanks.


Win2k / IE6

Asher S
12-29-2001, 10:41 AM
Win98 / IE4 :D

bounce
12-29-2001, 08:33 PM
works fine for me too in Win98 IE5.00 and Netscape 6

sbrad
12-29-2001, 09:12 PM
I would certainly like to see that screen shot.

doesn't hostvelocity sell from that site? Any comment on that...
SSL4Less and Host Velocity are subsidiaries of our parent company...Velocity Systems.

Attached is a screen shot of what you *should* be seeing at our website. I assure you it is a valid Equifax cert, as is what you are purchasing.

Asher S
12-30-2001, 01:11 AM
Darn sorry mine is an IE 5.0 and it displays that error :(
I'll post a followup screenshot 3 hours from this message.

cperciva
12-30-2001, 01:25 AM
I've got win2k/IE5.0 and everything looks fine to me.

HTML-Guru
12-30-2001, 01:54 AM
Win98 SE, IE5.00/NS6.2.1

btw im upgrading to IE5.5, i hate IE6, too many bugs.

sbrad
12-30-2001, 11:36 AM
Win98 SE, IE5.00/NS6.2.1
HTML-Guru~ You were saying it works for you fine, or no?

Asher S
12-30-2001, 12:03 PM
Ok here's the snapshot i promised.

sbrad
12-30-2001, 12:08 PM
Hmm. Damdest thing I ever saw.
But I assure you everything's on the up and up. If you want references, including people from this board, then let me know.

Asher S
12-30-2001, 12:12 PM
Brad, im not doubting your service at all :) I was wondering whats up with this stupid machine of mine :bawling:

PlanetDigita
12-30-2001, 12:15 PM
I see absolutley nothing but very valid data. Shouldn't there be an apology or recant your first statement. For someone searching on this board that would not look so good on SSL4Less' part. Equifax (GeoTrust) has to valadate a companies identity before issuing a cert.

sbrad
12-30-2001, 12:16 PM
Brad, im not doubting your service at all I was wondering whats up with this stupid machine of mine
No, I know. I was just trying to say that, IF there was any doubt, then just let me know and I'd slide you some email addresses. :)