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Let Firefox accept a website with self-signed certificate

How do I tell Firefox 112 that it is fine to visit a specific site containing a self-signed certificate? The 'I understand the risk' button is no longer available, clicking 'Advanced' again shows 'Go ...
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4 votes
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Website spits out PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR in firefox's incognito

So I have a site that uses letsencrypt and ssl works fine when I'm browsing my site in firefox. The moment I try browsing my site using incognito mode in firefox my browser throws this secure ...
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26 votes
5 answers
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How to fix Firefox 59 no longer accepting my self signed SSL certificate on .dev virtualhost

On my local Apache environment I have a site that requires SSL for development, so I have been using a self signed certificate. The local site has worked fine in Firefox and Chrome until now, but ...
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Forcing Firefox to present the wrong client certificate

I'm developing a web application which expects clients to authenticate with client certificates. In order to test its behavior, I want to be able to throw wrong certificates at it. Of course I could ...
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11 votes
2 answers
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How to view SSL-certificate details in Firefox mobile

In the desktop versions of Firefox it's possible to view details of a sites SSL-certificate by clicking on the lock symbol and then navigating through the popup. Is there a way of viewing the ...
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Add exception to the list of disabled signature algorithms on Firefox?

I'm currently accessing some internal websites with Firefox. The certificates for the websites are signed with RSASSA-PSS, which is trusted by Chrome but not by Firefox. I understand that Mozilla ...
Franklin Yu's user avatar
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1 answer
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Firefox reports SEC_ERROR_CA_CERT_INVALID after changing web site certificate

I have a server running on my internal network. For SSL support, I have set up an internal CA (using OpenSSL) and issued a certificate for the server. The certificate chain is as follows: Example ...
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2 votes
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How to disable «Secure Connection Failed» for all visited sites?

UPD: Problem was reproduced for me in Windows 10 EN Enterprise LTSB 64-bit. I install Windows → I download browsers (more I do not download anything after installation) → I get same errors. 1. ...
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Secure connection failed using Firefox, Win7 and Eset Smart Security

I have problems connecting to https websites with Firefox. I am not sure what causes the problem. Usually I got secure connection failed, SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER and similar messages even by a simple ...
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Disable SSL for Google in Firefox

Since a couple of weeks I'm having problems with Google (Firefox 47.0 x64), specific with the SSL certificate. Every time I'm tried to load a Google page: Gmail, Search, Plus, Maps, Wallet, PlayStore ...
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Getting Certificate error on IE and Chrome but opens in FireFox

I am trying to open https://github.com on IE 11 and Chrome but it gives a SSL certificate error NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID on chrome with no option to proceed ahead. It's happening with almost ...
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Mozilla "invalid security certificate"

From behind my network in the office Firefox has a consistent problem of delivering. "***** uses an invalid security certificate." IE navigates with out any problems. I assume this is from an ...
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Firefox 38.0.1 : ssl_error_renegotiation_not-allowed

I cannot access a website even my certificate is valid. Since I got the Firefox update 38.0.1 I get the error code: ssl_error_renegotiation_not_allowed. In the about:config I cannot find it. What can ...
Karin's user avatar
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Firefox giving SSL error message after installing new certs

Firefox users are getting the message This connection is untrusted when going to our web site. under the technical details section it lists the reason as "The certificate is not trusted because the ...
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1 answer
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Imported cert into firefox/chrome, still warning

I generated a wildcard certificate for multiple (wildcard) domains (SANS, alternate domain names + IP) (see https://blog.flowl.info). I imported the certificate into Firefox, Chrome and Windows ...
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1 vote
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Downloaded a Firefox Addon on addons.mozilla.COM. Ignored Untrusted Certificate. Should I worry?

This site: https://en-us.add-ons.mozilla.com has an untrusted certificate. (At least with my browser: Iceweasel 24.2.0) I find that highly suspicious. But I do not know enough about such ...
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Dismiss Firefox certificate warnings on a subdomain and apply for other subdomains under same parent

Firefox prompts to accept a certificate separately for each subdomain. Is there a way to tell it not to? For example, if the user visits aardvark.example.com and accepts the certificate, then to ...
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Why doesn't Firefox accept different Ports for SSL encryption other than 443

There is an IIS Webserver with different Sites (SSL Binding) because I can't configure IIS to listen on same Address and Port with different Certificates so I set the SSL Port direction in the ...
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How can I automatically trust a Root CA in Firefox given a PEM file?

I have: Firefox 24.0 on Windows 7 Enterprise A frequent need to have Firefox trust a specific Root CA in Base64-encoded "PEM" format on disk, e.g. C:\foo.pem (for instance) The certificate I need to ...
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How do I view a browser's root certifying authority/certificate hierarchy

I am trying to follow the instructions in this link(the first one with 12 reputation points) - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9619030/resolving-javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-sun-security-...
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2 votes
4 answers
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How to intercept SSL authority certificate needed in a corporate environment?

My situation is the following: in our corporate network a special kind of SSL certificate issued by the company itself is used. Every time I open a site via https in Firefox a warning monit is ...
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Do Chrome and Firefox give you a certificate error for a locally signed certificate even if the certificate is in the trusted store?

I created a self signed certificate for local testing. The certificate generates an error in firefox and chrome saying: myPC:443 uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted ...
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How to notice missing certificates in Firefox

When I go to some sites, part of the site is missing. I don't have this problem in other browsers. After further experimentation I figured out that the reason is that the site uses different ...
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SSL Forging With Portable Firefox?

In Portable Firefox for Windows, I looked at the options where it lists SSL certificates. I know that Windows stores SSL certificates in its own store. Does Firefox use these certificates? I am ...
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3 answers
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The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided

Could anyone explain the meaning of this error message in plain English? Should I add an exception or I should not continue on this website? Technical details: the URL is here, the browser is ...
Ali's user avatar
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1 answer
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Set Firefox to ignore certificates for localhost

I have several (web) servers set up in various different locations I can SSH to, using port forwarding to work with them pointing my Firefox to https://localhost:443/application (I use ssh user@server ...
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8 votes
1 answer
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Do intermediate certificates get cached in Firefox?

If someone visits site A which has a certificate issues by GoDaddy which also supplied a intermediate certificate between GoDaddy and their CA, would Firefox cache the intermediate certificate and use ...
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Firefox "invalid certificate" error for a trusted website (sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial)

I am connecting to a website (via Firefox 6.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.6.8) I know is legitimate, and the connection worked up till yesterday. However, when I connected to day I got the following error: ...
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7 votes
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Removing certificates in Firefox doesn't work

I'm trying to remove my certificates going to Preferences > Advanced > Encryption > View Certificates. Then I select the certificates I want to remove and delete them. But when I go again to the list,...
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Firefox 3.6 does not highlight websites with EV certificates

When I visit websites that have an EV certificate in FireFox 3.6 - I see this: Whereas, I would expect to see this: Any idea how I can get FireFox to start displaying EV Certificates correctly? The ...
Mark Henderson's user avatar