Closed
Bug 194269
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Mozilla gives confusing error messages for ssl certificate problems
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect, P3)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: mozbug1, Assigned: ssaux)
References
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
When a certificate isn't signed by a trusted CA, mozilla gives a big dialog that
says: Unable to verify <site> as a trusted site. Possible reasons are:
- Untrusted CA
- Certificate is incomplete
- The site is pretending to be <value of CN on certificate>
Furthermore if there is a hostname mismatch it is presented in a seperate dialog.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to https://kuix.de
2. Click past the first dialog to see the second
Expected Results:
Mozilla should have stated that the problems was an untrusted CA. It should not
have said 'here is a list of possible problems'. Netscape 6.2 does say that
problem was an untrusted CA. Mozilla should have also combined both problems
into one dialog like IE does.
I haven't checked what happens when you use a certificate that is expired. There
might even be a third dialog.
Updated•22 years ago
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Priority: -- → P3
Version: unspecified → 2.4
Comment 1•22 years ago
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Confirming per discussion in whatever bug it was in whic kaie asked this be
filed (usually one would cite the bug you're spinning off of in the opening
comment. ;) )
Comment 2•21 years ago
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NSS can't distinguish between an untrusted CA and a missing intermediate CA
issued by a trusted CA. The remaining issue is bug 99411.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 99411 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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