[ale] Firefox-3 and authorizing home-made certs

[Brian Pitts]

John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> We use s self-signed certificate from an unrecognized authority 
> (ourselves) on devices to which we connect _via_ web browser using 'https' 
> SSL links. Firefox-2 would flash a warning at this, but could suppress 
> future warnings against the same certificate.
> 
> With Firefox-3 it seems that each time a questionable certificate is 
> offered by a new connection, I must authorize a new exception. Is there 
> some way I can make a specific certificate automatically acceptable when 
> it is offered to my browser by a new web server?

If you try to open a certificate in PEM format (clicking a link will
do), Firefox will ask you if you want to trust that CA. Alternately, you
can go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Encryption->View
Certificates->Authorities->Import.

-Brian