On 3/10/17, Jonathan N. Little <[email protected]> wrote: > Simon Charles wrote: >> Hi >> >> I would love to try SeaMonkey, but I can't download it! >> >> I am a long-term Mozilla user trying to download it from >> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases - using Firefox on Windows 7. >> Frustratingly, I just get the following 'insecure connection' warning >> (with no obvious option for circumventing it): >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Your connection is not secure >> The owner of download.cdn.mozilla.net has configured their website >> improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has >> not connected to this website. >> This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that >> Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible >> to add an exception for this certificate. >> Learn more... >> [BUTTON] Go back [BUTTON] Open Login Page >> [BUTTON]Advanced >> ----------------------------------- >> >> which gives the impression that Firefox doesn't want you to download >> SeaMonkey, that one part of Mozilla is not a good fit with another part. >> >> The advice given in the Windows Installation Instructions on >> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstall (text below) >> is no help if there is no advice on getting beyond the warning page. >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Note: Windows may warn you that it could not verify the publisher when >> you try to run the installer. This is because the SeaMonkey installer >> for Windows is not digitally signed. As long as you downloaded the >> installer from either www.seamonkey-project.org or mozilla.org, you can >> safely ignore it (more experienced users may use the checksums linked to >> from the download pages to verify the integrity of the installer). >> ----------------------------------- >> >> Looking forward to trying SeaMonkey - and seeing an update on the >> Documentation so that other people don't get put off and abandon trying >> to download it (as I nearly have been). > > Might be something specific to you. No problem from Firefox on Windows 10.
https everywhere add-on maybe? I don't have a problem w/ firefox doing a normal download, but that comes from http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.46/win32/en-US/SeaMonkey%20Setup%202.46.exe I get the same problem (This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security) if I do a manual download from https://download.cdn ...etc Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
