On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 02:08:35PM +0000, Joshua Doll wrote:
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 8:14 AM Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I need to use Firefox to connect to a specific site which has an
> unrecognized SSL certificate (the specific error is "Peer's Certificate
> issuer is not recognised"). I get the usual dialogue asking if I accept
> the risks, but clicking on the Add Exception button does nothing. This
> is FF 37.0.1 on F21.
>
> This specific site only works with FF and IE. It used to work with
> previous versions of FF, but I last used it weeks ago so I can't be sure
> which exact version introduced the breakage. I've already tried running
> in safe mode, to no avail.
>
Is the cert also expired. I've run into where if the cert is self signed,
or from an untrusted CA and expired it won't let you accept the cert.
Try unchecking the "Query OCSP ..." box under Advanced > Certificates.
Hope this helps,
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