[ubuntu-in] This Connection is Untrusted (tourble with Firefox)

[Gora Mohanty]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:20:01 +0530
"Ramnarayan.K" <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> 
> Am facing some trouble with firefox - on some sites that require
> secure connections - like ticket bookings, passport sites etc.
> 
> The problem is when i click on some links
> i get this message (below between the ***)
[...]

The real answer to this is: (a) What kind of transaction are you
doing with the site, and (b) How paranoid you are.

This is a security feature of Firefox that shows problems with
website security certificates. If you are not doing a financial
transaction, or dealing with sensitive data, it is probably OK
to go ahead and click through to make a security exception in
Firefox for the site in question. This will normally need to be
done only once per site. The problem with this Firefox feature is
that it also catches self-signed certificates, which causes problems
for many FOSS-related sites (including http://www.sarai.net). It is
also arguable that CA-signed certificates do not really add that
much more trust.

In this particular case, passport.gov.in, you should probably not
make an exception, and instead complain loudly to the site
maintainer. It is ridiculous that they cannot be bothered to keep
their site certificates up to date. So much for the people who are
pushing the much-vaunted National ID card.

Regards,
Gora