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Tim S

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7. They are using a wildcard certificate for encryption instead of using a proper server name

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:55 AM

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The cert was minted for “*.bls.gov,” not plain old “bls.gov” as listed in the link. The cert requires *some* sort of server name in front of the ”bls.gov” part.

I don’t think this is malicious, just either lazy IT admin (no auto redirect to “www.bls.gov” or a bad copy-paste of the link.

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