fritex
October 18, 2021, 1:40am
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May I ask what kind of error do you get?
Can you post a screenshot?
A “your connection is not private” error message informs you that your connection isn’t secure. If you continue to the page, hackers may have access to your device.
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The “your connection is not private” error occurs on sites running HTTPS. If the site's certificate isn’t valid, the browser intervenes with this message.
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Kindly, see below article to find more helpful information why it occurs:
Furthermore, I assume this warning/error message does not come from Cloudflare, rather from your Web browser due to the security settings (especially if using Flexible SSL option at Cloudflare dashboard under the SSL/TLS tab for your domain name ) and possibly misconfigured HTTPS connection to your Website / origin host - server (due to the SSL certificate or serving traffic via secure HTTPS connection from your Web server).
Two issues here.
This message is because of a propagation issue and you are not connecting to Cloudflare yet. Wait a couple of hours and you will
Your server is not configured to serve your site on HTTPS. You need to contact your host and get a properly valid certificate configured for your domain.
Here is a way to re-check if you correctly setup the SSL for your domain with Cloudflare:
This tutorial is deprecated in favour of Get started with SSL/TLS · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
Archive This tutorial covers getting SSL working with Cloudflare in various different scenarios.
This assumes you already have your website set up on Cloudflare with all your DNS records set to , if not - please visit <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/t/64309">Step 1</a>.
Do you want the website to use HTTPS?
Yes
Do you already have a valid SSL certificate installed…
If any other issues appear, follow the needed steps for troubleshooting from article below:
This tutorial is deprecated in favour of Troubleshooting · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
Archive This tutorial post covers the steps you should take if you have enabled Cloudflare, but HTTPS is not working on the site.
If your main domain is secure, but a subdomain is not, please see <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/t/ssl-tls-not-working-on-subdomain/75181.">https://community.cloudflare.com/t/ssl-tls-not-working-on-subdomain/75181.</a>
1. Check that the DNS record is se…
Regarding available SSL options at Cloudflare dashboard, check here:
This tutorial is deprecated in favour of Get started with SSL/TLS · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
Archive SSL/TLS Configuration Video:
This tutorial covers basic settings in the SSL/TLS app of the Cloudflare Dashboard, including SSL Mode [Off/Flexible/Full/Full (Strict)], Cloudflare Origin Certificates, ‘Always Use HTTPS’ and ‘Automatic HTTPS Rewrites’.
The settings covered here can all be found by visiting <a href="http://Cloudflare.com">Cloudflare.com</a>, logging in, selectin…
In case you do not have an SSL certificate, you can use Cloudflare SSL, if so, kindly make sure you follow the instructions as follows on the below article to setup an SSL certificate using Cloudflare CA Origin Certificate:
Last but not least, kindly have a look here for more information regarding correct SSL settings:
Unencrypted & unverified connections
Imagine you open Paypal and suddenly get that warning
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Would you continue? Probably not. For decades leaders in IT security have advocated that people upgrade their sites from unencrypted HTTP to secure HTTPS. And for a reason, everything you send via an HTTP connection is sent in plain text and can be intercepted at any point between you and the server.
Equally, you’d probably not proceed if you got such a warning, right?
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That’s when th…
Otherwise, it could be due to some anti-virus program filtering your HTTP(S) (Web) traffic, if you are running some?
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