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Is Private Internet Access injecting their own Google cert?

8 pointsby vickenalmost 10 years ago
I noticed something really strange happen today. I&#x27;m getting an invalid certificate warning (&quot;This certificate is not valid (host name mismatch&quot;) while sending email through Google&#x27;s smtp server. I decided to disconnect from PIA and send the email and, low and behold, no certificate warning. I reconnected to PIA, tried to send a test email, and got the warning again.<p>Anyone else notice this? I&#x27;ve noticed this happen several times in the past, but I didn&#x27;t pay much attention to it. The cert in question is for mx.google.com

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ammmiralmost 10 years ago
would you mind providing some details, such as, the hostname you&#x27;re using (mx.google.com doesn&#x27;t resolve), the exact error message, and if possible, the certificate chain you&#x27;re seeing?<p>we absolutely are not injecting any certificates or otherwise modifying or inspecting traffic.<p>(disclaimer: i am an employee of PIA)
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dangrossmanalmost 10 years ago
&gt; low and behold<p>It&#x27;s &quot;lo and behold&quot;. Lo is short for look (archaically <i>loke</i>).
sharthalmost 10 years ago
What is &quot;Private Internet Access&quot;?
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