Open Bug 748657 Opened 12 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Thunderbird should offer mechanism to examine SSL certificates for pops/imaps/smtps

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Security, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Security
Version:
11 Branch
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: jayhenn, Unassigned)

References

Details

There is currently no way (that I can find in the UI) for a user to examine the certificate for the imaps/pops/smtps server they are connected to.

Given that some users might want to verify the certification path or actual certificate in use for a particular server (especially in light of recent security flaws at Certificate Authorities), could a mechanism please be added that is similar to the one that has been in place for Firefox via the Page Info->Security->View Certificate UI?

Because the individual connections may not last very long, such a mechanism might need to cache some of the more recently seen certificates.

Thanks!
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
As mentioned in Bug 878749 , it should also be possible to know which symmetric cipher was used on a specific socket (plus the remote-IP).
see also Bug 942136
Severity: normal → S3
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