1202128 - it is impossible to add an exception for self-signed certificates

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[lee]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1
Build ID: 20150509013831

Steps to reproduce:

+ create self-signed certificates for an email server (exim and cyrus)
+ connect to the email server to retrieve and send email through ports 143 with TLS and 993 with SSL/TLS --- This requires adding an exception for the certificates.
+ upgrade seamonkey to any version after 2.30
+ try to connect to the same email server, using a profile that doesn't already have added the certificates




Actual results:

It is impossible to add an exception for the certificates because the buttons to add an exception are disabled (grayed out).  Nothing happens when clicking on the button to get the certificate.  Downloading the certificate with openssl and importing it is possible, however, it makes no difference because it's still not possible to connect.

Other software like mutt, gnus and evolution don't have any problems with such a certificate.


Expected results:

I need to be able to add an exception just as used to be possible.  Please also see the discussion here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/285880

Thunderbird has the same issue.  This has resulted in freezing the version to 2.30, which is the last one that still works.

Comment 1

[lee]

Attachment: screenshot of dialog window to add an exception

Comment 2

[therube]

As a test, create a new, clean Profile, open & see if you can add the certificate.

Does the same occur in FF 40?
(thread.gmane.org seems to indicate other users there have not run into the problem in neither SeaMonkey 2.33.1 nor FF 40.)

If the new Profile works, it might be related to SiteSecurityServiceState.txt.
To test that, in your original Profile...
. Exit SeaMonkey
. Rename SiteSecurityServiceState.txt to SiteSecurityServiceState.txt.NOT
. Start SeaMonkey
. See if you can add your certificate

Comment 3

[Philip Chee]

Please test with the latest release SeaMonkey 2.35

Comment 4

[lee]

Thank you, I'll test with Seamonkey 2.35 as soon as I can (i. e. probably tomorrow).  I wanted to do it today and didn't get to it ...

Comment 5

[lee]

It works with 2.35, tried on windoze 7, and 2.38 beta on Linux.

Thank you very much, seems like you fixed it :)