Firefox Your Connection Is Not Secure Error. In this article, you will learn how to fix the Firefox connection is not secure error. Firefox makes a secure connection between a PC and a website you browse. When this purpose is not achieved, you get an error message Firefox that
‘Your Connection Is Not Secure‘. Eventually, you will need help to open a website.
This feature of Firefox helps to protect your system from unusual attempts by attackers and prevents you from any mishaps.
How To Firefox Your Connection Is Not Secure Error?
Whenever, you encounter this error, click on the ‘Go Back’ tab. Visit a website that has a secure connection. It will save your system from malicious activity.
However, you can have access to the website by clicking the ‘Advance’ option. You will get more information related to the connection. It may tell the reason for the insecure connection. You can receive various types of messages.
Message 1:
You can get a message like; ‘The certificate will not be valid until a date with an error code in the next line gets highlighted’. The error code ‘SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_ISSUER_CERTIFICATE’ will show the current date of the system and time. It means the date and time are not updated and the only possible reason by you are unable to open the site. You should update the date and time of the system and then try to reopen the website.
Message 2:
You can also get other messages on the webpage; ‘The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown’. You may get this error message with the code ‘SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER’. This means the server is not sending the appropriate certificate to validate the visit. For this, you should enable SSL.
Message 3:
Apart from the above error messages, you can also get an error, while opening Google, YouTube, Facebook and other major sites on Windows; ‘The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed’. you get this message with an error code ‘SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER’ for the site. This issue can be solved by clicking on ‘Add Exception…’ at the right-hand bottom.
Message 4:
There can be another message stating; ‘The certificate expired on this date’. It shows an error code ‘SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE’. It means the website’s identity has an expired certificate. Incorrect system date and time can be the issue. Update them.
Message 5:
A message saying ‘The certificate is only valid for this site name’ can also be shown. It comes with an error code ‘SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN’. It means that the website belongs to something else. The recipient is also different. This means you have opened a website with a certificate for https://www.sitename.com and you have visited https://sitename.com on the browser. You should change the address in the address bar.
How To Bypass Your Connection Is Not Secure Issue?
If you really want to have access to that website and you are sure that you have opened a genuine website, you can bypass the error. Click on ‘Advanced’ and then ‘Add Exceptions…’ The new window will open and it will ask for confirmation. Click on ‘Confirm Security Exception’ and move forward. The website will open.
How To Report An Error Message To Mozilla?
To report the non-secure connection to Firefox, click on ‘Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious sites’.
