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A cooperator
Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:41:03 PM

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Hi everyone,

When I enter some link of a university I faced this picture which is down and I have tried that in both IE and FireFox.

This message which IE shows me
Network Error (ssl_server_cert_untrusted_issuer)
Your request contacted a host which presented a certificate signed by an untrusted issuer.
This is typically caused by a Web Site presenting an incorrect or invalid certificate, but could be because of a configuration error.
For assistance, contact your network support team.


On the othere hand, this is the message which FireFOx shows me


We I tried clicking on the "I undersand a risk" shows me this message:

Your request contacted a host which presented a certificate signed by an untrusted issuer.
This is typically caused by a Web Site presenting an incorrect or invalid certificate, but could be because of a configuration error.

Sometimes this winows of error:



However, I am pretty sure that link of university is quite trusted, so what can I configure in the browsers to grant that site open without a problem.


Pleas reply me I am quite upset form this site and I will broke my computer after a littel time surely
The linke when it is "http://www.ksu.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx" no problem but when it converts into "https://www.ksu.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx

the problem shows to me.

What makes it convert into "https"

I tried configuring my borwsers to become as follows:





I would highly appreciate your help.


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Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:04:31 PM

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Your university is saving money and they have made their own SSL coding key. Every the server software (and actually every user Windows, too) have a tool to make a request for a SSL key. With the request file a server can make a "pair" key to make full encoding. However, some security firms have taken this as a business.

Your Windows is now telling you that the provider of the SSL key is not "trusted", it is "self-made". Thawte and other trusted firms would bill your university some few hundreds of euros per year for a key your browser accepts.

You can also teach your browser not to nag again on this precise connection.

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leonAzul
Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:58:07 PM

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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:
Your university is saving money and they have made their own SSL coding key. Every the server software (and actually every user Windows, too) have a tool to make a request for a SSL key. With the request file a server can make a "pair" key to make full encoding. However, some security firms have taken this as a business.

Your Windows is now telling you that the provider of the SSL key is not "trusted", it is "self-made". Thawte and other trusted firms would bill your university some few hundreds of euros per year for a key your browser accepts.

You can also teach your browser not to nag again on this precise connection.


Unfortunately that is not as simple as it once was. IE 8 no longer has the option to whitelist a certificate by domain. Instead, the certificate itself must be downloaded and added as a trusted root certificate.

A cooperator, this means that you need to contact technical support at the university. Either they need to send you a copy of the certificate and tell you how to import it into your computer's list of trusted certificates, or they need to purchase a public key.

Here is a link to an outline of how to import a self-signed certificate as trusted.
http://www.m86security.com/KB/KnowledgebaseArticle13446.aspx
In this example the name of the file is "Finjan.crt". Please adjust the name to what you receive from the university.



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leonAzul
Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:04:25 PM

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A cooperator wrote:

What makes it convert into "https"


This is done in order to keep your personal account secure and private. I would be very careful about entering a password without a secure connection (HTTPS), since it is very easy to intercept and gain access to your information without a secure connection before the login.
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A cooperator
Posted: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:59:25 AM

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leonAzul wrote:
[quote=Jyrkkä Jätkä]Your university is saving money and they have made their own SSL coding key. Every the server software (and actually every user Windows, too) have a tool to make a request for a SSL key. With the request file a server can make a "pair" key to make full encoding. However, some security firms have taken this as a business.

Your Windows is now telling you that the provider of the SSL key is not "trusted", it is "self-made". Thawte and other trusted firms would bill your university some few hundreds of euros per year for a key your browser accepts.

You can also teach your browser not to nag again on this precise connection.


Unfortunately that is not as simple as it once was. IE 8 no longer has the option to whitelist a certificate by domain. Instead, the certificate itself must be downloaded and added as a trusted root certificate.

A cooperator, this means that you need to contact technical support at the university. Either they need to send you a copy of the certificate and tell you how to import it into your computer's list of trusted certificates, or they need to purchase a public key.

But why in FireFox I configure and the problem has been solved.

Would you mind having a look at this picture




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A cooperator
Posted: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:05:23 PM

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leonAzul wrote:
A cooperator wrote:

What makes it convert into "https"


This is done in order to keep your personal account secure and private. I would be very careful about entering a password without a secure connection (HTTPS), since it is very easy to intercept and gain access to your information without a secure connection before the login.

Did you mean "https" is a secure connection ? I don't think so. however, sometimes that link is open even with "https://www......".
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