The site has an expired certificate?

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This is very odd - came across this message on three occasions visiting the site today - what is it?

You attempted to reach www.progarchives.com, but the server presented an expired certificate. No information is available to indicate whether that certificate has been compromised since its expiration. This means Google Chrome cannot guarantee that you are communicating with www.progarchives.com and not an attacker. Your computer's clock is currently set to Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:38:53 PM. Does that look right? If not, you should correct the error and refresh this page.
You should not proceed, especially if you have never seen this warning before for this site.
< i18n-="proceed" id="proceed-">Proceed anyway < i18n-="exit" id="exit-">Back to safety
Help me understand

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AtomicCrimsonRush Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14256	Topic: The site has an expired certificate? Posted: January 31 2014 at 21:42
	This is very odd - came across this message on three occasions visiting the site today - what is it? You attempted to reach www.progarchives.com, but the server presented an expired certificate. No information is available to indicate whether that certificate has been compromised since its expiration. This means Google Chrome cannot guarantee that you are communicating with www.progarchives.com and not an attacker. Your computer's clock is currently set to Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:38:53 PM. Does that look right? If not, you should correct the error and refresh this page. You should not proceed, especially if you have never seen this warning before for this site. < i18n-="proceed" id="proceed-">Proceed anyway < i18n-="exit" id="exit-">Back to safety Help me understand


Andy Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298	Posted: January 31 2014 at 21:48
	Usually that's a temporary server issue, but one way to manually bypass this if it's seriously inhibiting you from visiting the site is setting your computer's calendar back a few weeks. This tricks the browser into loading a security certificate that hasn't expired, technically.


AtomicCrimsonRush Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14256	Posted: February 01 2014 at 03:11
	Thanks i will do that as I think it is just a time lag as you suggested - but only for this site it seems that i use Cheers mate


infocat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 10 2011 Location: Colorado, USA Status: Offline Points: 4671	Posted: February 01 2014 at 13:53
	I didn't even know that PA did https. My browser always serves it via regular http, though I did just try https and ran into the issue. Are you guys explicitly using https? Why? (Do you have something to hide? )
	-- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth.

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625	Posted: February 01 2014 at 14:34
	has it started to attract flies yet?
	Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...