[Bug 307891] Re: Can not add photos to Facebook

[jbfoley]

I had to kill Firefox to unlock it.

Ubuntu 10.04 x64
Firefox version 3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical 1.0

Plugins highlights: 
IcedTea NPR Web Browser Plugin (IcedTea6 1.8 (6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1))
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
Silverlight Plug-In 3.0.40818.0 (I had to do some research on M$ website for a class)

Extensions highlights:
NoScript 1.9.9.81 (confirmed not blocking any scripts on this page)
Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9rc2
AniWeather 0.7.4
Flagfox 4.0.5
Novell Moonlight 2.2 (goes with the Silverlight plugin)
Personas 1.5.3

Some others in there that I don't think are relevant.  I will provide
the complete list if needed.

This error appears for me on Facebook when I try to upload photos.  I
click on upload photos from the home screen, then on +upload photos
button at the top of the center frame that loads.  This brings me to an
add new photos page and a chance to create a new album.  After entering
the info for the new album, I click on the create album button and it
takes me to the page that loads the app that creates this error.  The
error is formatted differently than a typical non-recognized certificate
error in Firefox, which is what set off alarm bells for me.  It also has
extra info that shows there's more to it than a typical expired or
unrecognized certificate.

Here is the error:
Warning - Security
The application's digital signature cannot be verified. Do you want to run the application?
Name: Applet
Publisher: Temporary Aurigma Inc.
From: upload.facebook.com
(checkbox) always trust content from this publisher
("run" button) ("cancel" button)
The digital signature could not be verified by a trusted source.  Only run if you trust the origin of the application. ("more information" button.

Clicking on the more information button displays the following:
More information
This application will be run without the security restrictions normally provided by java.
The digital signature has expired.
Resources contain entries whose signer certificate will expire within six months.
The digital signature was generated with an untrusted certificate.
("certificate details" button) ("close" button)

I was most concerned about the first in that list.  I clicked on the
certificate details button and copied/pasted the info into the text file
that is attached.  You will note that neither of the two certificates
has expired.

I did a search for this problem on another computer before proceeding,
thinking it was a facebook problem, or possibly a java problem, since I
don't have the sun java plugin on the affected machine.  This was the
first hit I got and as you can see, it matches my problem exactly.
Since Nick tried hitting "run" without immediate problems, I did too,
and instead of the gray box just staying there, it turned the whole
Firefox window gray, as in not responding gray, and stayed that way for
about 5 minutes until I force quit Firefox.

I will try some troubleshooting on this issue:
1. I will install the sun-java6-plugin and the official sun jre 6 on this machine to see what it does (I hadn't had any java problems before this point, however.)
2. I will try it on the machine I'm currently using, which has Ubuntu 9.10 and Firefox 3.5.9 and Sun-java6-jre installed, but uses the IcedTea plugin. (I won't upgrade this one until there's a workaround for the shutdown/logout countdown "design flaw" in 10.04)

Will post results later.

** Attachment added: "Certificate details from facebook error."
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49791467/Facebook_error_info.txt

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