[ale] getting Untrusted connection on one system but not the other?

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Wed Aug 7 10:51:56 EDT 2013


I've already tried that along with removing and re-installing.


On 08/07/2013 07:30 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> in firefox: edit->preferences->advanced->encryption->view certs->authorities
> 
> This problem is getting the new CA cert fro the signing chain for state
> farm.
> 
> It may be easier to remove firefox and then rename your account's local
> firefox folder then reinstall firefox, launch it as you and then merge
> back in your prefs and bookmarks.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
> <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Okay, dumb question, How? I heve reinstalled FF and am able to go to
>     http://www.statefarm.com, but as soon as it tries to go to https it
>     fails. I've been thinking that it had something to do with the ssl/tls
>     subsystem, but I'm not sure where it is on a Fedora system. I find stuff
>     on RH keeping it in /etc/httpd, but when I try to trace it on this
>     system, I find myself going in circle.
> 
>     Chuck, when you were over earlier, you had mentioned a possible root
>     cert was corrupted, which was where I thought it maybe the problem. Can
>     you, or Jim point me in the direction of how do I find this file(s)?
> 
> 
>     On 08/06/2013 04:28 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>     > My CentOS6 system is just fine with the cert provided by
>     > https://www.statefarm.com (I've never been there until just now).
>     >  You likely need to reinstall firefox or dig into the security setting
>     > and see if you are missing some CA certs.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Scott Castaline
>     <skotchman at gmail.com <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I have to different systems both with Fedora 19 installed,
>     both have
>     >     Firefox 22.0. On one when I try to access
>     https://www.statefarm.com I
>     >     get the warning of "This Connection is Untrusted" dialog. On
>     the other
>     >     it goes right to the expected log-in screen and I can access
>     my account.
>     >
>     >     Anyone have any idea what I should be looking for? I do
>     realize that I
>     >     could have something set wrong in one system but I'm not sure
>     what.
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