Re: SSL Certificates + Security Alert

[Greg Matthews]

thanks to those that helped out.

i checked back with the thawte site and i'd not installed
the root test certificate.

now that the thawte root test certificate is installed i can
go from non-secure to secure page without getting
the security alert.

thanks.
greg.

- Original Message -
From: "Tim Endres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: SSL Certificates + Security Alert


> > Q: do i get the dialog window appearing because i'm using a test
certificate? i.e. will the use of a live certificate mean that i don't get
the dialog window appearing?
> >
>
> Yes, *if* the certificate chain of that certificate leads to a root
> certificate that is installed in the user's browser.
>
> tim.
>
>

RE: SSL Certificates + Security Alert

[elephantwalker]

You 
will also get this alert if your certificate doesn't exactly match your url with 
domain name that you used to get the certificate...
 
https://secure.mycompany.com will work 
if that is the domain name registered with the certificate. But if you are 
on  a intranet, and the server name (mycomputer, for example) doesn't match 
the  domain name, you will get this error. You will also get this error if 
you used "mycomputer" as your domain name, but the actual name of your computer 
on the local network is some other name.

  -Original Message-From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Greg 
  MatthewsSent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 9:56 PMTo: 
  Orion-InterestSubject: SSL Certificates + Security 
  Alert
  dear all,
   
  i've pretty much got secure pages going with a 
  *test* certificate but receive a windows "security alert" dialog box the 
  *first* time i hit a page in the secure site.
   
  if i click "yes" to "do you want to proceed?" 
  then everything seems to work ok and i get the padlock icon in the lower right 
  hand corner of the browser, and https://whatever in the address bar.
   
  Q: do i get the dialog window appearing because 
  i'm using a test certificate? i.e. will the use of a live certificate mean 
  that i don't get the dialog window appearing?
   
  thanks,
  greg.

Re: SSL Certificates + Security Alert

[Tim Endres]

> Q: do i get the dialog window appearing because i'm using a test certificate? i.e. 
>will the use of a live certificate mean that i don't get the dialog window appearing?
>

Yes, *if* the certificate chain of that certificate leads to a root
certificate that is installed in the user's browser.

tim.