StartSSL down and out?

8 points by rogeryu 11y ago ↗ HN

I tried to login to StartSSL, but the login fails. I get:

An error occurred during a connection to auth.startssl.com. Peer does not recognize and trust the CA that issued your certificate. (Error code: ssl_error_unknown_ca_alert)

I tried different browsers on different computers and different networks. I mailed them - no reaction yet. I tried to create an account on their forum, but it fails on the captcha repeatedly. I tried to login with OpenID, but no success. I created an account with their bugzilla site, and this works, but I cannot create tickets...

Yesterday I tried the first time, today no change. Does this mean they are out of business?

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rogeryu 11y ago ↗

See https://auth.startssl.com/

[deleted] 11y ago ↗

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seven 11y ago ↗

Works for me. (Chrome)

cordite 11y ago ↗

The webpage at https://auth.startssl.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. Error code: ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

(chrome)

akaasjager 11y ago ↗

I cannot get connected, is this a SHA-1 (root) certificate by any chance?

spectre256 11y ago ↗

Don't worry, we've all made this mistake, which is the reason it's the first item in their Login issue FAQ: http://www.s-jpg.com/blog/?p=48

Edit: note that part of creating a StartSSL account has you create a certificate for yourself to authenticate with. If you're signing up for the first time you obviously won't have done that