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April 6th, 2006, 01:55 AM
#1
Junior Member
Firefox warning message
I've just had a strange error message appear in Mozilla Firefox, regarding a security certificate for a site I wasn't accessing! I had several windows open at the same time, but I think it seemed to appear whilst trying to logon to my hotmail. For info, i'm running XP on a laptop. Here's the message:
'You have attempted to establish a connection with "secure.footprint.net". However, the security certificate presented belongs to "www.gendcom.info". It is possible, though unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your communication with this web site. If you suspect the certificate shown does not belong to "secure.footprint.net", please cancel the connection and notify the site administrator.'
Now, I've looked up gendcom.info and it's the French national military police force, which is slightly worrying! Anyone know why this message may have appeared for no apparent reason? Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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April 6th, 2006, 07:16 AM
#2
Parth Maniar,
CISSP, CISM, CISA, SSCP
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Believe in yourself.
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April 6th, 2006, 10:47 AM
#3
I got the same thing logging into Hotmail using Opera. I doubt it's anything to be alarmed about. M$'s probably handling certificates manually in non-IE browsers. Hotmail uses a lot of java, almost as much as this site. Who knows what they've coded in there. But, hey, it is Hotmail!
As for the whois on gendcom.info, I didn't turn up anything (neither Ripe nor Internic). Where did you get the French police force bit? The IP address (194.112.114.91) I picked for gendcom belongs to a French & German telecom from what I can tell. The whois on secure.footprint.net belongs to an outfit out of NC: Savvis. Probably under contract to the Redmond bunch.
Just my two bits...
p.s. -- I see where you got "die polizei" bit. He-heh, I didn't think to load it in a browser. Relax, Big Brother's only watching.
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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April 6th, 2006, 11:23 AM
#4
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April 6th, 2006, 11:52 AM
#5
Wouldn't #3 and #4 be the same thing, nihil?
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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April 6th, 2006, 01:28 PM
#6
Wouldn't #3 and #4 be the same thing, nihil?
Not as I meant it there. #3 would be a straight "clerical error" whilst there could be specific internet problems, or (more likely) a mixture of errors?
I don't see how a straight clerical error could link hotmail to the Gendarmerie, but I had to include it as a vague possibility.............obviously if it happened all the time it would be spotted immediately?
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April 6th, 2006, 04:50 PM
#7
Junior Member
Well I was hoping that it was just one of those 'internet things', but maybe there is more to it having read your responses. With reference to your comment regarding the "Gendarmerie have been owned", what does this mean? It just seems strange that this certificate error is appearing in the last couple of days (and continues to appear), when I login incorrectly into Hotmail. I guess I will just have to try and contact the French and ask them, although it doesn't look as though there's a complete email address in the info you listed. Thanks for your responses though. If you have any other clues or advice, I'd be glad to hear them!
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April 6th, 2006, 11:29 PM
#8
I really wouldn't worry about it. There is NOTHING private in your Hotmail account. Take it from a guy who had an email lifted years ago only to have it end up over at the eff-bee-eye...
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
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April 7th, 2006, 08:31 AM
#9
Hi,
I think you take the "name" and replace the "******'s" with it in front of @gendarmerie.org
There is a colonel and a captain........................I guess that you use the full title as seen.
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April 7th, 2006, 03:40 PM
#10
Posted on SANS this morning:
For a brief time this morning (in the US), the SSL certificate for Hotmail was broken. It gave the SSL certificate for www.gendcom.info, which seems to be a legitimate site that uses SSL. The Hotmail SSL certificate was quickly fixed. After researching, I discovered that both organizations use Savvis webhosting. So I'm thinking this was a technical glitch at Savvis.
SANS
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