1220207 - [Control Center] Certificate popup does not differentiate well between normal and extended validation certificates

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Ben]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0
Build ID: 20151015193503

Steps to reproduce:

1A: Connect to a site with an extended validation certificate, for example https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

1B: Connect to a site without and extended validation certificate, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/

2: Click on the padlock in the address bar.


Actual results:

A: The popup says:

    Mozilla Foundation
    Secure Connection [in green letters]

B: The popup says:

    wikipedia.org
    Secure Connection [in green letters]

The two popups are very similar.

Clicking on the right arrow for the non-EV certificate displays:

    Verified by GlobalSign nv-sa

which is not correct: it is not verified, it is just secured.


Expected results:

It is much better to skip this intermediate popup and show directly the popup that displays after clicking on the right arrow. The non-EV certificate should say "Secured by" instead of "Verified by".

A: The popup should say, skipping the first, reduced, popup:

    Mozilla Foundation
    Secure Connection [in green letters]

    Verified by DigiCert Inc.

    Firefox verified that you are securely connected to this site, run by:
    Mozilla Foundation
    Mountain View
    California, US

B: The popup should say, skipping the first, reduced popup:

    wikipedia.org
    Secure Connection [in BLACK letters]

    Secured by GlobalSign nv-sa [Secured instead of Verified]

Comment 1

[BMO Automation]

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