Closed Bug 183371 Opened 22 years ago Closed 16 years ago

PSM should give better error messages on cert verification failures

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect, P1)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Security: UI
Version:
Other Branch
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 91403
Milestone:
mozilla1.9alpha1

People

(Reporter: KaiE, Assigned: KaiE)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [kerh-coa]) 

As of today, PSM only maps a limited subset of error codes, returned from
CERT_VerifyCertNow, into helpful error messages shown to the user. For several
errors, it displays a standard message saying "failed for unknown reasons". This
makes remote analysis of user problems difficult.

PSM should do better. While building a list of all possible error codes and
error strings looks like a lot of work, we should implement the simple strategy
that is also used when showing error messages for SSL communication failures.

At the very least, we should enhance the "failed for unknwon reasons" error
message to also display the numerical error code returned from NSS.
I agree completely
Blocks: 107491
Depends on: 172051
Product: PSM → Core
Whiteboard: [kerh-coa]
Priority: -- → P1
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.9alpha
QA Contact: junruh → ui
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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