February 6Feb 6 Hi - over the past few months, I've been getting this error message while trying to access the forums A LOT - Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from forums.flightsimlabs.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warning net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID forums.flightsimlabs.com normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Brave tried to connect to forums.flightsimlabs.com this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be forums.flightsimlabs.com, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Brave stopped the connection before any data was exchanged. You cannot visit forums.flightsimlabs.com right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later. Any idea on how to circumvent this problem? Thanks, Jim
February 6Feb 6 Hi Jim, please send me a DM here to discuss this further - I believe it's on your side but we can never be too sure...
February 6Feb 6 Try opening the site in a private window (Edge/Chrome/Firefox). If it works, clear your browser cache. Also make sure your PC’s date and time are correct — SSL/TLS is very sensitive to system time
February 27Feb 27 On 2/6/2026 at 6:50 PM, Jim Blake said: Hi - over the past few months, I've been getting this error message while trying to access the forums A LOT - Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from forums.flightsimlabs.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warning net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID forums.flightsimlabs.com normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Brave tried to connect to forums.flightsimlabs.com this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be forums.flightsimlabs.com, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Brave stopped the connection before any data was exchanged. You cannot visit forums.flightsimlabs.com right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later. Any idea on how to circumvent this problem? Thanks, Jim Same problem here also, from time to time. One day, all ok, another day "Your connection is not private" msg showing up.
February 27Feb 27 2 hours ago, Stein-Ove Rud said: Same problem here also, from time to time. One day, all ok, another day "Your connection is not private" msg showing up. Does this occure when you use your mobile phone? Or even on PC? Because on mobile Phone I do get this message sometimes, too.
February 27Feb 27 When you guys get that - can you please open a command prompt by hitting "Win->R" on your keyboard and typing "cmd", then in the command prompt, hit "tracert -d forums.flightsimlabs.com" together with a "nslookup forums.flightsimlabs.com" and post your results here. That should help diagnose the issue. Only do it when you see that problem however.
February 27Feb 27 10 hours ago, Dennis Deus said: Does this occure when you use your mobile phone? Or even on PC? Because on mobile Phone I do get this message sometimes, too. I'm on PC only on this forum.
February 27Feb 27 3 hours ago, Lefteris Kalamaras said: When you guys get that - can you please open a command prompt by hitting "Win->R" on your keyboard and typing "cmd", then in the command prompt, hit "tracert -d forums.flightsimlabs.com" together with a "nslookup forums.flightsimlabs.com" and post your results here. That should help diagnose the issue. Only do it when you see that problem however. And on mobile phones?
February 28Feb 28 Author Glad it's not just me, @Lefteris Kalamaras. As you said when I did the trace route before, the route was correct. It's happened for the last 3 days in a row. Thx, Jim
February 28Feb 28 hello, since this is a potential issue with nameservers and/or routing, I need what I asked for in my previous post, so I can report it toi our ISP for further analysis. Without that, all I can do is nod my head in compassionate understanding.
March 1Mar 1 Author Hi Lefteris - here is the result of both.... tracert -d forums.flightsimlabs.com Tracing route to forums.flightsimlabs.com [5.9.8.25] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1 2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 3 18 ms 17 ms 6 ms 47.156.156.1 4 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms 184.19.247.102 5 13 ms 12 ms 15 ms 45.52.201.242 6 10 ms 16 ms 19 ms 45.52.201.139 7 * * * Request timed out. 8 179 ms 177 ms 180 ms 171.75.8.27 9 183 ms 184 ms 184 ms 62.67.27.10 10 180 ms 190 ms 184 ms 213.239.203.129 11 184 ms 185 ms 186 ms 213.239.229.234 12 190 ms 183 ms 187 ms 5.9.8.25 Trace complete. C:\Users\jblak>nslookup forums.flightsimlabs.com Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.0.1 (my router) Non-authoritative answer: Name: forums.flightsimlabs.com Address: 5.9.8.25 ________________________________________ I can get to your forums now, obviously. Thx, Jim
March 1Mar 1 I'd love to get the tracert results the moment the issue happens. On our end, I've verified that all our SSL certificates are up to date and correct, together with intermediate authority certs.
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