Can't access websites (your connection to this site is not secure)

@Loquat ,

Thanks for taking the time. It is a crash course.

I would return to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData . . . and select the Clear browsing data > Basic tab. Enable all 3 selections and click the Clear data button.

Try “Troubleshoot Compatibility” - might work:

More . . .

In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://net-internals/#dns

and click on Clear host cache

Next, go to: brave://net-internals/#sockets

and click on both (in succession):

  • Close idle sockets
  • Flush socket pools

Exit/Quit everything and restart your computer.

Notes re what are:

DNS cache:

Socket pool:

With pooling, instead of closing a connection after it is used, we can keep it idle while it waits to handle another request. This saves the resources required to create a new connection.

In a Brave Browser > New Window - go to: brave://settings/security

Disable: Use secure DNS

And maybe . . . in a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/?search=Continue+where+you+left+off

And adjust the settings to about:blank as shown;

If you have Brave Browser to be the default Browser, choose a different Internet browser for that.

IOW, take steps to get Brave Browser free and clear from as many burdens as you can.