[Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
R.T.Liddy
k8bl at ameritech.net
Sat Mar 31 12:05:49 EDT 2018
Rick,
Thanks for the work and bad news!!! ;-)
Looks like I'll need to get a new Radio Computer
which means I'll need to get a new keying system
since mine works off the Printer port and I'll need
to install a new Contesting Program since mine uses
DOS and I'll need to migrate my files to the new
computer (if they will work there) and I'll need to
re-install DX4WIN on the new computer (if I decide
to stay with it since I'm so p'd-off right now) and
I'll need to get T-QSL working on the new box and
I'll need to modify the mounting for the new computer
since its dimensions will surely be different than now
and I'll need to ... yadda-yadda-yadda ... so many things that I haven't
even thought of at this point.
At my age and after just moving to a new QTH and having to buy/install
a new tower/antennas, I don't know if all this is really worth it. 57 years
in Ham Radio might be enough.
...time for my nap.
73, Bob K8BL
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From: Rick Murphy <k1mu.nospam at gmail.com>
To: W1ZZ <w1zz at ymail.com>
Cc: R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net>; Ed Stratton <w1zzham at gmail.com>; "DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net" <DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
It's not antivirus - I copied DX4WIN 9.0.4.1176 on a Windows XP system I use for TQSL testing and got the same error:
System error : The host name in the certificate is invalid or does not match
I dug into this as penance for giving an incorrect answer earlier.
The issue is Windows XP - the SSL certificate for DX4WIN is signed with the SHA256 algorithm, which Windows XP does not support.
Try opening Internet Explorer and using that to download the .INF file and you'll get the same error. You can download the file using Firefox because Firefox has it's own built-in cryptographic libraries that aren't stuck in 2010.
The SSL certificate for the site was issued 3/12/2018, so that's what caused the issue, not some update to DX4WIN. You can not get website certificates that work with Windows XP's crypto libraries because most browsers will reject those certificates. You can't run anything new than IE 8 on Windows XP, so there's no upgrade available for you.
There's not a lot of choices here.
First, DX4WIN could change their website to not automatically redirect http://dx4win.com/ to https://dx4win.com/ - that would allow the updates to work at the cost of compromising the security of everyone not running Windows XP.
Second, DX4WIN could change how it's downloading - using something like cURL to do the downloads (that's what a do for TQSL so Windows 2000 and Windows XP can work) rather than the built-in Windows libraries.
Probably the only simple fix is turning https off, which is horrible. Everyone not running XP being held hostage to the XP systems.
There's nothing that you can do to correct this on your end other than an upgrade to a supported OS.
73,
-Rick
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM, W1ZZ via DX4WIN <dx4win at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
XP is not the problem as the v9 updater worked before several times. And I can get to the .inf file opened with Firefox
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>On Friday, March 30, 2018, 10:07 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>Maybe if we could get the previous version of the Data Updaterthat DID run, then we could continue with our XP systems?Otherwise, we'll have to buy new computers merely to run ourLogging Program? That doesn't seem practical/sensible.Everything worked fine on 1/31, which was the last timeI used the Data Updater. How can we go back to that?
>Bob K8BL
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> From: Ed Stratton <w1zzham at gmail.com>
> To: R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net>
>Cc: "DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net" <DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net>; Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run
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>All I have the same problem now too. I have used the ver 9 updater before, and it worked ok. ""Help and Check for Updates""
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>What operating system? My computer runs XP professional, Ver 2002, SP3
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>Have you tried rebooting your computer? YES,
>
>What happens if you try to open this URL in your browser: THIS FILE OPENS UP OK., even while running AVG Antivirus.
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>http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INF
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>.............
>
>[update]
>unconditional=1
>descr=My update description
>[files]
>count=15
>[file1]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/custawds.txt
>localversion=custawds.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Custom Awards Database
>newchecksum=-1437156677
>filesize=13897301
>[file2]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/awdmap.txt
>localversion=awdmap.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Maps old Custom Awards to New Awards
>newchecksum=-993615836
>filesize=15762
>[file3]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/islands.txt
>localversion=islands.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=IOTA Island names
>newchecksum=989685161
>filesize=324070
>[file4]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/prf2iota.txt
>localversion=prf2iota.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=IOTAs by prefix
>newchecksum=-424668373
>filesize=12091
>[file5]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/clusters.txt
>localversion=clusters.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=List of DX Clusters
>newchecksum=1262121802
>filesize=27383
>[file6]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/mstrcals.dat
>localversion=mstrcals.dat
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Master List of Callsigns
>newchecksum=-1638384776
>filesize=1056379
>[file7]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/members.dat
>localversion=members.dat
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Various Membership Lists for Packet
>newchecksum=-1390689521
>filesize=1500283
>[file8]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/wpxdeltd.txt
>localversion=wpxdeltd.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=List of deleted WPX prefixes
>newchecksum=124082783
>filesize=8403
>[file9]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/Dx4win.exe_NEW
>localversion=Dx4win.exe
>targetdir={app}
>descr=DX4WIN Executable
>newchecksum=-997195574
>filesize=4224000
>[file10]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/calendar.dat
>localversion=calendar.dat
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Current Calendar
>newchecksum=-569660261
>filesize=7508
>[file11]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/ignsufs.txt
>localversion=ignsufs.txt
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=List of ignored suffixes
>newchecksum=-723677348
>filesize=1224
>[file12]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/country.dat
>localversion=country.dat
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Country Database
>newchecksum=-1530132890
>filesize=4554975
>[file13]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/Dx4win.chm
>localversion=Dx4win.chm
>targetdir={app}
>descr=Help file
>newchecksum=634149896
>filesize=2185888
>[file14]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/HelpFile.pdf
>localversion=HelpFile.pdf
>targetdir={app}\docs
>descr=Help file as pdf
>newchecksum=-129400814
>filesize=4573593
>[file15]
>url=http://www.dx4win.com/ files/updatesv9/impexpflt.dat
>localversion=impexpflt.dat
>targetdir={app}\save
>descr=Import Export filters
>newchecksum=1898483095
>filesize=42408
>[application]
>appupdate=1
>appname=dx4win.exe
>silentrestart=1
>appcomps=Dx4win.exe_NEW
>.............................. ......
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>What can I try now?
>
>W1ZZ
>
>Ed
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>On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 1:53 AM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>I've been out of town since 2/1/18. When I got home today, I tried to runDX4WIN Updater. It appeared to update itself to a new version.
>Then, when I tried to run it, it said Version 9.0.4.1176 is not supported bythe Updater. It recommended I go to Help and Check for Updates to myDX4WIN. But, I got the following message:====================== ============================
>Start update : Non threaded update ---------------------------OS version : Windows XPIE version : 8.0000Compiler : D7Installed IDEs : Start WebUpdate process with version : 2.4.1.0Checking for Internet connectionFound open Internet connectionDownload : http://www.dx4win.com/files/ updatesv9/update.INFSystem error : The host name in the certificate is invalid or does not match
>Closed Internet connectionClosed Internet connection==================== ============================== ==
>Updater won't run and Check For Updates also can't update.
>HELP!!!
>TNX/73, Bob K8BL
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