Getting security warning with Firefox 33 when logging in

[jamadagni]

Hello. Whenever I try to login to the forum here, Firefox 33 (on Ubuntu Trusty 64 bit) gives me a warning in the transition to https saying:

root.cern.ch uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)

and if I examine the technical details it is because the root.cern.ch certificate is signed by the "CERN signing authority" or something (IOW, a self-signed certificate) which for some reason Firefox doesn't recognize. So every time I am having to say "Make this an exception" or do "Permanently store this exception" which I am reluctant to do.

Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions how I can get Firefox to recognize the certificate (and not handle it as an exception)?

[cezaree_vict]

I've got the same with Chrome 38

[Axel]

Hi,

That's because we use a CERN certificate. I'll request to get an "official" one.

Axel.

[Axel]

Hi,

We now have a publicly known Comodo certificate for root.cern.ch.

Cheers, Axel.