194245 - pkcs7 data import does not seem to work correctly

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 154121

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect, P3)

Description

[John Douglass]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

There seems to be a problem with the handling of PKCS7 data. The original specs
for handling certificates is at: 

     http://wp.netscape.com/eng/security/comm4-cert-download.html#chains

But from Netscape 4 to Netscape 6 something seems to have broken. The behaviour
of the browser is demonstrated on the page 

     http://testca.gatech.edu/pkcs7-test.html 

with examples of the data being sent to the browser.

I don't believe this feature has been used much, but it has not worked since the
"new" rewrite from Comm4 to NS6 (whatever Mozilla build/codebase that is) and is
very important (at least in my viewpoint) in the realm of a hierarchical PKI for
higher education.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to import a PKCS7 certificate with multiple certificates
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Was prompted for a certificate that was NOT the root.

Expected Results:  
Prompted me to edit/import the root certificate trust relation.

Comment 1

[John Unruh]

Looks like a dupe of bug 154121

Comment 2

[John G. Myers]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154121 ***