[MacTUG] RESOLVED: Certificate errors affecting University of Waterloo websites - October 13

[Darren Bondy]

RESOLVED: The issues with GlobalSign's root certificate causing connectivity issues has been resolved.

Persisting issues? Anyone still experiencing issues accessing University of Waterloo sites should do the following to remedy the issue:

1.       Close your browser(s).

2.       Clear the SSL cache.

a.       On Windows, run "certutil -urlcache * delete"

b.      On Mac, run "sudo rm /var/db/crls/*cache.db"

3.       Open the browser and visit https://uwaterloo.ca/

Questions or concerns? Please contact the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca> or ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin

Darren Bondy
Information Systems and Technology
(519)888-4567 x49525
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

From: On Behalf Of Heather Wey
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 2:43 PM
To: uwweb at mailman.uwaterloo.ca; isthd at lists.uwaterloo.ca; ist-staff at lists.uwaterloo.ca; 'faccus at lists.uwaterloo.ca' <faccus at lists.uwaterloo.ca>; admin-support at lists.uwaterloo.ca; ctsc at lists.uwaterloo.ca; ucist at lists.uwaterloo.ca; mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca; Elizabeth Mary Rogers <em2rogers at uwaterloo.ca>; Kayla Snyder <kayla.snyder at uwaterloo.ca>; Daily Bulletin <bulletin at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Certificate errors affecting University of Waterloo websites - October 13

What is happening? The University of Waterloo's SSL/TLS certificate authority (CA), GlobalSign, made a planned change to their root certificates that has caused un-intended wide-spread connectivity issues for all SSL/TLS protected University of Waterloo sites.  IST will announce a solution once it is known.

What is the impact? Visitors may see messages incorrectly indicating that the certificate has been revoked. Sites may not be visible to site visitors in some browsers.


Questions or concerns? Please contact the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca> or ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin




Heather Wey
Manager - Training, Licensing & Communications
Client Services
Information Systems & Technology
University of Waterloo

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