Revision as of 16:18, 20 October 2021

On October 1st 2021, surprisingly, the SSL certificate curl-ca-bundle.crt supplied with TARGET was no longer accepted, although it is actually valid until 28 January 2028.

This causes encrypted information to no longer be transmitted from the server to TARGET. This includes e.g. the time query and the update information. In the case of a free update, the following is displayed: "Download from update info server failed! No connect yet." For preview features, it shows "Cannot not verify date and time! Online?"

(Image 1: Error messages)

Solution: Copy the new certificate file: curl-ca-bundle.crt onto your computer into the directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\ibf\TarV<version>\<edition>\curl-ca-bundle.crt". <version> is your main TARGET version in it (e.g. 30) and <edition> is your currently installed edition of TARGET in it. Use it to overwrite the existing old certificate file. For saving in the program directory you need administrator rights. Also virus scanners and Defender could hinder the saving.

You can also try to reset the date of your computer to September 30th 2021. Only then start TARGET. With this date, the free TARGET update in the "Help" menu might still work. The file curl-ca-bundle.crt will be replaced automatically. Do not forget to actualize the date at your computer afterwards again!