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Certificate errors on irc.pirateirc.net
I'm having trouble making a secure connection to the IRC server at irc.pirateirc.net. gnutls doesn't recognise the SSL certificate issuer, even though the certificate is issued by a regular CA ...
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Digital Certificate (Signature) Verification in Software Installation
I need to know what exactly happens during digital certificate (signature) verification when a software is installed by the operating system. I understand that this is a asymmetric key process and I ...
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How do I view the contents of a PFX file on Windows?
I have a PFX certificate file on my machine and I'd like to view the details before importing it. (The import utility doesn't actually tell you what the certificate is!).
How do I view the details ...
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Why do I have untrusted certificates for Google, Yahoo, Mozilla and others?
In the HTTPS/SSL section of chrome://chrome/settings, I see the following:
What does this mean, and is there something wrong?
I have a basic understanding of SSL/TLS - I'm not claiming to be ...
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Checking security certificates in a browser
I have been given a laptop with pre-installed software and I am connecting to the internet on it via company wifi.
When I am accessing a secure website using https, I want to ensure that the LAN ...
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CertPatrol warns: “this certificate wasn't due yet”
Cert-patrol warns me on numerous websites, including gmail, that the certificate being used wasn't due yet. Is this something I need to worry about? Why does this occur?
Here is a screen-shot (you ...
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import Certificate in WIndow Xp
I have created a temporary certificate.
I am trying to import this certificate.I am importing Certificate to Personnel store of Local Computer and then using FindPrivateKey solution to find privatekey ...
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How do I get tor exit node information of a certain connection I made
At some point today my email client warned about an smtp certificate change of self signed certs. I took a screenshot of the certificate fingerprints and refused the connection because it does not ...
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How to delete or untrust all root certificates in OSX?
I right clicked on all the root certificates, but it doesn't allow me to delete them, or to untrust them all at once. How can this be done? Is it safe to do this?
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Google chrome not accepting any security certificates
I've recently developed a problem with Google Chrome that's really annoying. I'm using Firefox at the moment with no problems whatsoever and it's the same with IE, so it's safe to say this problem is ...
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Revocation information not available for certificate?
I'm trying to download SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition from MSDNAA on my Windows 7 laptop. When I attempted to start the download, I was shown the following prompt:
Revocation Information ...
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Checking suspicious (root CA) certificates
I was just looking at my certificate store and saw a bunch of root CAs that look kind of suspicious; specifically numerous ones that:
have ALL CAPS text
use foreign languages/text
have extremely ...
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Windows certificate valid even after expired
I have a signed executable. The certificate for that signature says it is usable until 2007, still Windows (7 Professional) says it is valid if I'm opening it via properties dialog.
How is that ...
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Viewing hd location of installed certificates in firefox
I recently installed a digital id/certificate from verisign and was wondering if there is a way to view the certificate location on my computer. I installed it according to their instructions through ...
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How do I disable the “Security Certificate Error” message in Internet Explorer?
How do I get rid of this annoying message?
To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors. Click here for ...
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Error installing certificates with private keys
I get pfx file with private key(it was imported from other Windows and button "export private keys" was pressed). I install it. Get message that import was succefull.
When I see them in certmgr I see ...
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How to I make a Windows certificate exportable?
I'm looking for a tool or solution that would allow me make a certificate that is marked as non-exportable to be exportable.
I am aware about Jailbreak tool but because the tool does not fully ...
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Install new root certificate authority (CA) in windows
I am trying to use ninite to get my new laptop set up quickly.
However when I try to install, windows complains about the CA. The website ninite.com also shows certificate problems. They use a root CA ...
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Trusted Root certificates regularly disappear on Windows 7
I've installed several self-signed certificates on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine for development purposes. One was installed into Trusted Root CAs and 2 were installed into My Certificates and ...
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How can I check if a domain uses DNSSEC?
DNSSEC has been deployed on some topdomains now. But how could I see if a site/domain is using DNSSEC? Is it shown in the browser? or is there any windows or linux command to see it? or a tool for it?
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I am not able to open gmail and some other sites
Last day my system got hanged so I restarted and recovered windows to the the date of 1 day before. Now I am not able to open gmail, orkut and some other sites. When I try to open these sites I ...
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Firefox: This connection is untrusted + Behind corporate firewall
I've seen some similar issues strewn throughout Google's results about this, but none seem to be corporate-specific.
I continually get the 'This connection is untrusted' screen every time I attempt ...
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If Mac code signing is tampered with, what might fail?
What annoyances or real problems may occur when the digital signature of a Mac application is broken?
Applications on a Mac can be digitally signed. When the signature is somehow broken, I know a few ...
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Firefox Certificate Error
I have this annoying problem - every time I get into a site with a security certificate I always see a warning page that the certificate is invalid.
I've grown accustomed to just setting an exception ...
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What makes the address bar in IE turn green?
What aspect of a site's SSL certificate causes IE's address bar to turn green?
I'm working on a site which already uses SSL successfully, but am interested to know if there are different levels of ...
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Secure email crashes Outlook 2007
I have a number of secure emails sent to my Outlook 2007 client. Most arrive fine and display the prompt with regards to granting access to the certificate and then open. Today I received two that ...
