{"id":269031,"date":"2018-07-19T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=269031"},"modified":"2018-07-19T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:34:47","slug":"telkom-website-shows-users-hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/269031-telkom-website-shows-users-hello-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom website shows users “Hello World”"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Forum members have spotted that Telkom’s website is not working as it should.<\/p>\n

If you access the website using the URL – http:\/\/telkom.co.za\/<\/strong> – you are presented with a plain white page, with the words “Hello World” at the top.<\/p>\n

The page does not redirect to Telkom’s active website, as one would expect.<\/p>\n

Further investigation found that using the URL –\u00a0www.telkom.co.za<\/strong> – takes users to the Telkom website, but not an “https” secure version – leaving a user’s browser stating that their connection to the site is not secure.<\/p>\n

Navigating to – https:\/\/telkom.co.za\/<\/strong> – does not take you to the site at all. Rather, your browser presents a warning page that the connection to the site is not secure, and that attackers may be trying to steal your information.<\/p>\n

Using the address – https:\/\/www.telkom.co.za\/today<\/strong> – however, takes you to the website and the connection is stated as secure.<\/p>\n

Searching for Telkom in Google and using the top result link takes users to –\u00a0www.telkom.co.za\/today<\/strong> – which is the working website, but the browser states is not served over a secure connection.<\/p>\n

All the tests above were done using the Chrome browser.<\/p>\n

The reason for the discrepancies when using different URLs may be a result of misconfigured site redirections.<\/p>\n

Telkom was asked for comment, but did not immediately reply to questions.<\/p>\n

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Hello World page<\/h3>\n

\"Telkom\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks to saor and the MyBroadband Forum members for showing us the glitch.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read: Google is working on a successor to Android<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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