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Re: Problem with ImageJ list archive

Posted by Balazs Nyiri on Jan 10, 2009; 11:04am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Please-about-to-save-with-dicom-format-a-image-on-ImageJ-tp3694083p3694087.html

 Hi Harry,

I had the same problem and solved the same way by adding the exception..


You can delete the certificate in Firefox, if you want: in "Tools|Options" you

select "Advanced", then hit the "View Certificates" button an select the

"Servers" tab. Here you scroll down the list and delete the "list.nih.gov"
certificate. Note, that you have to close and restart Firefox for the deletion
to take effect.
Now, the cause I do not understand either...





 
Regards - Balazs Nyiri






 



-----Original Message-----

From: Harry Parker <[hidden email]>

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:11 pm

Subject: Re: Problem with ImageJ list archive













Hi Pariksheet,



You wrote:

"I see the date of the certificate listed as valid till 6/28/09 - what

date do you see?

Perhaps the date on your computer is incorrect?"



I see the same date. My computer has the correct date. The error message was

misleading. The fault either lies with Firefox or the web site, or some

buggy plugin or extension I have.



Although that error message says the certificate is expired, another message

said something to the effect that the certificate was not issued by a

recognized authority. I guess the US government is not a recognized

authority to Mozilla!!



I eliminated the error by ignoring the advice in Firefox's warning messages

and allowed an "exception" for the untrusted certificate.  But I don't see

any way to "unallow" the certificate, so I can't get back to the way it was.



I remember reading a few months ago that Mozilla decided to increase

security in Firefox 3 by not allowing self-signed encryption certificates.

Is that what list.nih.gov is using for their https encryption?



I just went back to the page,  https://list.nih.gov/archives/imagej.html,

which now displays correctly.  When I look at the page info for the page

(Menu: Tools->Page Info) I see under the Security tab that for Owner it

reads, "This web site does not supply identity information." When I click on

the "View Certificate" button, it reads at the top of the new window, "Could

not verify this certificate for unknown reasons." It also says in this

window:

"Organization (O)      U.S. Government".   I guess "Owner" is different than

"Organization". (?!)



Does that help someone understand the source of the problem?    I don't

pretend to understand this security certificate stuff.



Regards,

Harry Parker



On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Pariksheet Nanda <[hidden email]

> wrote:



> Hello,

>

> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Harry Parker <[hidden email]>

> wrote:

> > When I tried the link in the message below using Firefox 3.0.5 (on a Mac)

> I got an error message:

> >

> > The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate has

> expired.

> > (Error code: sec_error_expired_issuer_

certificate)

>

> I can't reproduce this with Firefox 3.0.5 on Gentoo Linux.

> I see the date of the certificate listed as valid till 6/28/09 - what

> date do you see?

> Perhaps the date on your computer is incorrect?

>

> > Harry Parker

>

> Pariksheet

>