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Firefox won't allow me to access D2L via my school website. It says it is not encrypted. See https://uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/shibbolethSSO/wayf.d2l

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JoshDvo
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I get this error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE. This is a new problem as of today. Yesterday I was able to access this website just fine. Via the same internet source (campus of University of Wisconsin La Crosse). Please help. Here is full text of the error message.

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu. Peer’s certificate has an invalid signature. Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE 

   The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
I get this error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE. This is a new problem as of today. Yesterday I was able to access this website just fine. Via the same internet source (campus of University of Wisconsin La Crosse). Please help. Here is full text of the error message. Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu. Peer’s certificate has an invalid signature. Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

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I had no problem with; https://uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu/

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

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

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

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

https://www.bing.com/search?q=web+site+access+denied

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FredMcD
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I had no problem with; https://uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu/

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

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

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

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

https://www.bing.com/search?q=web+site+access+denied