[Ace] Latest Firefox and Self-Signed Certificates

[Adam Carpenter]

All,

The latest Firefox patch applied to Accelerator Linux systems includes a change in the way certificate verification is handled.  Instead of the standard warning and an option to make an exception for the certificate, you may now receive only the following error message.


  Secure Connection Failed

  An error occurred during a connection to . Issuer certificate is invalid. (Error code: sec_error_ca_cert_invalid)


If so, you can change this behavior by updating a value in your browser's about:config page.  To do so,

 1) Type 'about:config' into the Firefox URL bar
 2) Search on 'security.use_mozillapkix_verification'
 3) Double-click on 'security.use_mozillapkix_verification' to set to 'true'
 4) Reload your original web page to verify it now works

Regards,
Adam

Adam Carpenter
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
System Administrator