226760 - Client Certificate 'pencil' icon missing at sent and received eMails in eMail function.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Security, defect)

Description

[Rolf Homburg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031030

In the previous Mozilla v1.5 (and before) releases, a 'pencil' icon appeared
when an eMail with a Client Certificate' was sent, or when an eMail containing a
client certificate was received. In the v1.6a release, this pencil is missing
and it is not clear whether the digital signature is attached or not. At the
moment of sending however, the password to attach the digital signature is asked
for.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. After composing an eMail, select 'Security' - Digitalli Sign This Message';
2. Select (one of the) certificat(s);
3. Send the message;
4. Check the 'pencil' icon in the frame next to the 'Subject/From /To:/Date';


Actual Results:  
5. No 'pencil' icon visible in v1.6a (as is was in v1.5). ;-(

Expected Results:  
Show the (clickable) 'pencil' icon, which provides details of the Sender's
digital certificate, when clicked, so authenticating the sender.

Digital Certificates used in this case from:
http://www.thawte.com/

These certificates an be obtained for free and validated through the Thawte's
'Web-of-Trust' Notaries (I'm one of them) - recommended 'Community Activity'!

Comment 1

[Rolf Homburg]

I downloaded and installed Mozilla 1.6b and found the 'missing pencil'
Certificate Icon back in the eMail 'Messenger' function as before Mozilla 1.5a.

Thanks, scrap the bug report!

Ruud Homburg