Safari wont load secure webpage

Question

Safari 2.0.4 wont load secure webpage (used to work, and page loads in Firefox and IE). Error message is:
Safari can’t open the page “https://sportal.uspto.gov/authenticate/AuthenticateUserLocalEPF.html” because it couldn’t establish a secure connection to the server “sportal.uspto.gov”.
May be coincidence, but seems to have stopped working about time of last Apple software update.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Answer 1

is there any (easy) way to downgrade the Safari rev.? Can I reinstall just Safari from either the Apple site or from an install disk without reinstalling the whole system software?
You would have to downgrade the operating system to an earlier version of Tiger. Earlier versions are not as stable as the later ones. "Downgrading" may help, however, if you were to do that, I'd suggest an reinstall of the OS first. I view that as a last resort.
There are a number of potential ways to address the problem you are having.
Even though your other computer works via the same cable box, OS X writes files to the computer based on specific tasks you are running, which may be different than the other machine. Resetting the cable box resets the ISP's address in your Network panel. Sometimes the reset resolves this type of problem.
Please confirm: when you tried Safari in the other user account, the same problem appeared.