irs.gov SSL is broken(irs.gov)
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irs.gov SSL is broken
https://www.irs.gov/
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Normal? Why would a server "... identifying itself as a248.e.akamai.net" handle that traffic?
That part of the IRS site is not on Akamai's secure network. Its for HTTP-only sites that don't care if a user gets a scary browser warning before clicking through it, and getting to the site with a mismatched cert.
... because it's a CDN apparently. Huh!
Normal or not, this is terrible user experience.
I attempted to find a online form, and was directed to https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/eiaTPstatus.jsp.
It looks like www.irs.gov is not used for secure connections.
It looks like www.irs.gov is not used for secure connections.
You get the same error at https://www.whitehouse.gov/ for example.