Why does Firefox using Ubuntu 8.04 issue a warning when attempting to enter the Scientific Linux site?. It says its certificate is invalid or not trusted?
thanks in advance
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Scientific Linux Site ?
by jmsg » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:46 pm
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Re: Scientific Linux Site ?
by Randy » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:58 pm
Most likely, it doesn't chain up to a trusted root certificate. It appears valid for the web site and that's about it. However, certificates are not my strong point. 
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Re: Scientific Linux Site ?
by Insanity5902 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:19 pm
Whats the website?
FF 3 has change the way it handles invalid certificates, requiring several clicks to access a site where the cert doesn't "validate"
Invalidations can be cased by multiple things, in my experience, the common 3 (possibly in order):
Mis-matched CN or DNS
Untrusted root CA
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FF 3 has change the way it handles invalid certificates, requiring several clicks to access a site where the cert doesn't "validate"
Invalidations can be cased by multiple things, in my experience, the common 3 (possibly in order):
Mis-matched CN or DNS
Untrusted root CA
Out of date
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Re: Scientific Linux Site ?
by Insanity5902 » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:40 am
BTW, I googled the site, and looked at the cert, in this case they are using a self signed cert (common amongst most OSS sites). This is why it is failing, because your system doesn't trust the CA.
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