Microsoft Edge is making Suspicious Connection?

Anonymous
2023-11-02T09:18:58+00:00

is Microsoft is making suspicious connection to this URL deff.nelreports.net/api/report?

Also let us know which data is being sent to this URL & When?

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Anonymous
2023-11-15T15:40:03+00:00

*.nelreports.net is a Microsoft domain. Several certificates used on the subdomains of this domain expired last week.

There is no security impact or end-user-impact of the certificate expiration -- Basically, the browser will be unable to submit Network Error Logging reports until the certificate is corrected. Network Error Logging is a HTML5 feature to allow site owners to discover network connectivity problems. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Network\_Error\_Logging

Your security software is just announcing "Hey, this certificate is bad", a fact that the browser already was determining on its own, and to which it responds by not connecting to the server in question. The security software provides a redundant warning -- the browser will not use connections with expired or invalid certificates.

The subdomain names are random strings of characters with no particular meaning.

The relevant team has been notified about the certificate expiration and will correct the issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-16T09:54:53+00:00

    problème résolu .lol

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  2. Rob Koch 26,170 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-15T18:38:58+00:00

    Microsoft... allowing certificates to expire...

    What the actual f**k.

    Actually, Microsoft is a loose term here, since it's really the MSN group within Microsoft who's responsible for this domain based on their registration as the Technical Contact listed.

    That's just one more reason to justify why I don't personally choose to allow the MSN Newsfeed content to display when my own Edge browser starts, instead choosing to display as close to the equivalent of an About: Blank page as the browser now allows, with only Show Weather displayed to confirm connectivity.

    It's possible this might be enough to trigger this alert in BItdefender, but that's also worth a try if someone with this issue doesn't plan to read any of those MSN articles or other content anyway. In the least, disabling content would likely reduce the number of these to a rare event, while still allowing the Bitdefender feature to remain enabled if you truly think it's valuable protection.

    Rob

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