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<Pine.LNX.4.44.0509231753150.17929-100000(a)servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk>,
John-Mark Bell <jmb202(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
Please reply to the list, not me direct, thanks.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, cbonsall wrote:
> John-Mark Bell wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, M.I. Abdullah wrote:
[Snip]
> >>Is there any "secure" http for NetSurf?
> >
> > The full build has had https support for ages. What exactly is the
> > error message (if any) that you get? > John.
>
> I have a similar problem with the NetSurf on an Iyonix. Trying to access
> the University of Edinburgh's staff webmail service results in:
>
> Page error
>
> Sorry, NetSurf was unable to display this page SSL certificate problem,
> verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL
> routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
>
> Yet I get access via O2 and FireFox.
Me too. Identical error, trying to access our school's webmail.
NetSurf is very strict about verifying the authenticity of SSL
certificates.
Is it possibly being a bit too strict??
If this check fails, it will give an error such as the one
above. You can disable certificate verification by changing the
ssl_verify_certificates option in the Choices file from 1 to 0. (Note that
this really, really, isn't advisable).
Will try this. But why is it not advisable? HTTPS will be used for the
communication, and no 3rd party is involved, so I don't see any security
problem. -Or have I missed something?
Gary
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Gary Locock, Network Manager, Bablake Junior School
Coundon Road, Coventry CV1 4AU
School Website:
http://www.bablakejs.co.uk
Private mail: g a r y (at) l o c o c k . c o . u k
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