Aaah thanks for the clarification David. Yes, sometimes one wonders if the mutterings of incantations or the casting of runes might be beneficial ;o)
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 2/1/17 14:35, David Noel at [email protected] wrote: > Hi Neil -- > > -- You may not have received the last part of my rely to Ronni explaining the > cause of the problem. This was, in my Network preferences, under Proxy, > somehow "Web Proxy" and "Security Proxy" had become ticked. I never accessed > these, so it was presumably some glitch in Sierra which set them. > > When these items were un-ticked, the problem went away. There's still an > element of Black Magic about the whole thing, I guess. > > Cheers, David, > > > On 2 January 2017 at 12:13, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Ronni, >> >> I have not been experiencing any of these problems myself but I find it all >> very interesting stuff. >> >> >> So, if I read the article correctly, they say that it it is the browser being >> used that allows or disallows access? >> >> >> So, presumably, the reason David has no problems with his SL 10.6.8 machine >> is down to the browsers being older and not incorporating these new security >> standards? >> >> However, I note that David said his problems began when he updated from 10.11 >> El Capitain to 10.12 Sierra so I¹m wondering if that could ALL be down to >> the browsers being used (Safari, Chrome & Firefox) presumably they were not >> ALL simultaneously updated at the time of the OS update? So is it possible >> that some other aspect of the way Sierra operates that now gives the problem >> where there was no problem in El Capitain? >> >> I also noticed that David originally reported the problem in December but >> fixed it by following your advice regarding updating certificates. When the >> problem resurfaced, it was reported by David on 1 January 2017 which does >> tie in with the proposed start of the rejections as reported in the article. >> >> >> I will continue to watch David¹s progress with interest. >> >> >> Ronni, thanks for all the wonderful advice that you so generously provide to >> WAMUG. >> >> >> Wishing you, and all WAMUG members, a healthy and happy 2017. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil
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