Both of the links you posted go to what appear to be legit pages. The second is a formatted 404 page which makes sense for a bad URL sent to a given domain.
Both links are also HTTP, no SSL encryption. This means that it is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks since your browser has no way to verify the identity of the site. This could be due to bad DNS settings or interception by a malicious router. Chances are it depends on how your connection is routed which is a moving target. I see this periodically when browsing non-SSL sites. I've even seen similar problems on cnn.com. This is why everyone is moving to HTTPS. On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:26 PM Fred James <fredj...@fredjame.cnc.net> wrote: > > Dick Steffens wrote: > > On 5/23/19 2:28 PM, Fred James wrote: > >> Dick Steffens wrote: > >>> Using Firefox on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine, if I go to > >>> http://www.artoftheprint.com/ I'm sent to > >>> http://www.artoftheprint.com/403error.htmlI get the following error > >>> message: > >>> > >>> > >>> 403 Unauthorised Access Explenation: > >>> "Sorry, unable to complete your request" > >>> > >>> If you received this notice, you may not be using the > >>> appropriate settings. > >>> Pease contact the site where this link is located so they can > >>> correct this issue. > >>> > >>> > >>> There are three spelling mistakes here, so it's either a hijacked > >>> page, or the creator of the error message doesn't have English as a > >>> primary language. > >>> > >>> When I Google "403 Unauthorised Access Explenation:" Google wants to > >>> correct the spelling. When I tell it to keep the spelling, it still > >>> only gives me info for the 403 error with correct spelling. > >>> > >>> If I go to http://www.artoftheprint.com/ using Firefox on my virtual > >>> Win7 machine I get the correct page. > >>> > >>> Anybody else ever experience this > >> When I use either Firefox, Iceape or Chromium, I get the intended > >> page, and not an error page. When I force the error page by putting > >> in the error page URL you provided, yes I see the spelling issues. > >> Does that help? > > > > Maybe it's pointing to something messed on my machine. I get the same > > error with Chromium. In Midori I start at about:blan, put in > > http://www.artoftheprint.com/ in the address box, and I get > > about:blank again. Using Google Chrome on virtual Win7 I get the > > correct page, but Google Chrome says it's "Not secure" to the left of > > the url in the address box. > > > Maybe I should have mentioned ... I don't have MS anything, or any > virtual machines. I run Mageia 5, Firefox 60.6.2esr, Iceape 2.49.3, and > Chromium 68.0.3440.106, all 64 bit. > Regards > Fred James > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
