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Re: Internet security he%%...

charlieg1-Sep-21 15:24

charlieg

1-Sep-21 15:24

I'm going to side on the seriously paranoid, but I do think they screwed something up. I spoke to a coworker, and he has no issue going to several suggestions I gave him. His PC is in the corporate domain. I'm a consultant, so my laptop is not in the domain. There might be some implications there.

Interestingly, I do have a VM that is in their domain, and it still has these errors. When I hear back from IT, I'll follow up this post.

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Re: Internet security he%%...

harvyk01-Sep-21 20:03

harvyk0

1-Sep-21 20:03

They have implemented SSL inspection on their Firewall (or Proxy).
Basically the connection is secure between the website you're visiting and their edge device but they failed to provide you with a copy of the root certificate used by their edge device.

Once you have the root certificate (and you actually trust the customers IT) then you'll cease getting that warning. At the same time however they have effectively man-in-the-middle attacked your connection, so what goes through that connection is a secret between you, the website your visiting, and your customer. Be wary of doing anything you'd actually want security for (eg Internet Banking).

Re: Internet security he%%...

GuyThiebaut1-Sep-21 20:19

GuyThiebaut

1-Sep-21 20:19

If I remember correctly in Chrome you can add the site to the HSTS ignore list: How to Disable HSTS in Chrome & Firefox | InfoSec Insights[^]

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Re: Internet security he%%...

Kiriander2-Sep-21 1:31

Kiriander

2-Sep-21 1:31

Can it be that the customer's IT department was so busy with doing stuff they can to stop & think about whether they should? I swear, most policies in my company stem from someone eager to make themselves noticed. Meaning making wind.

Re: Internet security he%%...

charlieg2-Sep-21 0:54

charlieg

2-Sep-21 0:54

Kiriander - not sure why your message would be flagged as spam, CP sent me the email notification. I know this customer is undergoing a couple of changes. There is a push to silo *everything* at corporate headquarters, so if you don't work there, you are rarely in the loop.

They are also paranoid to the extreme, as someone got into their network a couple of years back. They still refuse to talk about it, no details, etc.

Interestingly, the corporate policy is that you must open a ticket to receive IT support. About the only time I get a response on tickets is when I need my account unlocked. Ask a difficult question, and I rarely get a response. My feel is that they are severely overworked or understaffed - same difference. I only know the local folks.

Re: Internet security he%%...

milo-xml2-Sep-21 2:40

milo-xml

2-Sep-21 2:40

We have two things that interfere with our internet at my work. One is our network appliance that caches web pages locally for reuse. And the other is our web filter that blocks unwanted websites. Sometimes the SSL certs get screwed up if you're not logged in properly and that results in what I think you're seeing.

Re: Internet security he%%...

adudley2562-Sep-21 4:45

adudley256

2-Sep-21 4:45

Essentially they are logging/inspecting all traffic in the middle.

BROWSER -> Proxy/Firewall -> Internat Website

At the Proxy/Firewall side (it could be a IDS, IPS whatever) they are getting the data from the Internet Website, decrypting it, looking at it/storing it/ who knows, then passing the data on.

Now, part of SSL (TLS these days) is not just encryption/decryption, but WHO you are/which websites.

It is 'impossible', for your customer/Proxy to 'be' Lowes.com, so instead they re-encrypt the data with their own Certificate 'customerCA.com' for example, and say it's for the website 'Lowes.com'.

So, the browser knows this, and says, but you went to Lowes.com, but the SSL cert is Signed by CustomerCA.com ... I'm not showing you this website, it's been hacked/broken etc.

What everyone here means about 'installing the customer CA' is, that it's possible, to install 'CustomerCA.com' in a way, that makes it all ok for any website, so then when the proxy Generates new SSL Certificates on the fly/as you browse, for each website, your computer goes... yep, I trust CustomerCA.com, its all OK.... just like it does when it goes I trust LetsEncrypt CA, or VerisignCA etc.

HOWEVER, that being said, I wouldn't install that thing, don't do anything on that connection.

You want to setup your ROUTES on your system, so that only data for the customer's network goes via the VPN, and the rest goes via your 'standard' internet connection.

This way, you get to browse Lowes.com all day long, but still be connected to the vpn, and secure. It tells the PC to go to the VPN for some traffic, and to your standard 'internet' for other traffic.

The simplest way, it to tell the VPN adapter not to be your default gateway, but there are many ways to do this if you cant change it.

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Dear Micro$oft,

Dan Neely1-Sep-21 4:26

Dan Neely

1-Sep-21 4:26

When I'm setting my default browser on a new Windows install, I don't need to check out Edge first.

If I'm on that settings dialog I've already confirmed Edge can still download other browsers for me.

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

charlieg1-Sep-21 4:42

charlieg

1-Sep-21 4:42

Irritating, aren't they?

Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Super Lloyd1-Sep-21 12:04

Super Lloyd

1-Sep-21 12:04

As a side note, I tried Edge at work.. and now it's my main browser at home! Big Grin | :-D

It's much like chrome.. but there is one specific feature that I quite like:

It show tabs that make sound / play video with a speaker icon in the tab, an you can click on it to shut them up! Poke tongue | ;-P

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Sep-21 19:45

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Sep-21 19:45

Super Lloyd wrote:
speaker icon in the tab

As you told - just like Chrome (about 3 years)...

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Super Lloyd1-Sep-21 22:11

Super Lloyd

1-Sep-21 22:11

Really?

You cannot stop the sound in chrome, I think.
Indeed I just tried (have the usual mass market chrome, no custom settings no addons), started chrome, went to youtube, clicked on the icon, music keeps playing Frown | :(

In Edge I can! Smile | :)

Very good against annoying popup video...

EDIT, oh I see, you have to right click, it's in the context menu! never though of right clicking on the tab until today! Blush | :O

Well it's easier with edge, a single click suffice! Poke tongue | ;-P

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Sep-21 22:51

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Sep-21 22:51

Clearly we have differences between our Chrome...
I cannot paste an image here, so you have to believe me that I have that small icon there to indicate that the site playing sound, and I can stop it from there...
... just like here: https://www.techhelpkb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mute-sites-in-google-chrome-featured.png[^]

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Super Lloyd1-Sep-21 23:32

Super Lloyd

1-Sep-21 23:32

I am confused. One of us does not understand the other.
I read your message again, no luck.

So let me repeat my Chrome experience:
- 1. I have the icon too.
- 2. (left) clicking on it does nothing.
- 3. I have to right click the tab, which open a context menu, which has a mute option.

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Re: Dear Micro$oft,

Dan Neely2-Sep-21 6:10

Dan Neely

2-Sep-21 6:10

Something about your Chrome is configured oddly. By default a left click on the icon should mute/unmute the tab.

Possibly off-topic, but ...

OriginalGriff1-Sep-21 3:17

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1-Sep-21 3:17

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Re: Possibly off-topic, but ...

Slacker0071-Sep-21 3:59

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1-Sep-21 3:59

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Re: Possibly off-topic, but ...

Rick York1-Sep-21 5:38

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1-Sep-21 5:38

I didn't know the Lounge had a topic.

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