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On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 11:05 -0800, NoOp wrote:
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On 12/02/2008 01:12 AM, Ray Parrish wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just tried to access my US Bank online account's Bill Pay page, and it
> returns the following error message -
>
> billpay.usbank.com uses an invalid security certificate.
>
> The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed.
> The certificate is only valid for <a id="cert_domain_link"
> title="localhost.localdomain">localhost.localdomain</a>
> (Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)
>
> I do not get the error on any of their other pages, and I went into
> Firefox Preferences and tried to turn off checking for site
> certificates, but this did not work.
>
> Anybody have any clue what is going on here?
>
> Thanks for any help you can be.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
~$ host billpay.usbank.com
billpay.usbank.com is an alias for usbank41.checkfreeweb.com.
usbank41.checkfreeweb.com has address 91.203.92.63
$ whois 91.203.92.63
[snip]
inetnum: 91.203.92.0 - 91.203.95.255
netname: BASTION-NET
descr: ISP UATelecom
country: EU
[snip]
address: Kiev, Ukraine
phone: +380963801326
nic-hdl: ML7676-RIPE
source: RIPE # Filtered
% Information related to '91.203.92.0/22AS44997'
route: 91.203.92.0/22
descr: BTG-AS
origin: AS44997
mnt-by: UATELECOM-MNT
remarks: responsible: <A HREF="mailto:abuse@uatelecom.com.ua">abuse@uatelecom.com.ua</A>
source: RIPE # Filtered
Does US Bank do business with the Ukraine?
~$ host checkfreeweb.com
checkfreeweb.com has address 208.235.248.190
checkfreeweb.com mail is handled by 10 inbd-pstfx.customercenter.net.
checkfreeweb.com mail is handled by 20 inbd-pstfx.customercenter.net.
91.203.92.63 is a malware redirect & is currently down (as is
billpay.usbank.com). Notify your bank immediately.
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