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How do I get rid of the certificate security?

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I've looked everywhere, and I'm so close to just being done with it all and going back to Chrome, slow as it is. I'm on firefox V. 39.0, and it is beyond frustrating when I can't even get on the Mozilla site without confirming the certificate. The best part? It doesn't even give me the option to bypass the warning to get onto Facebook. I just want to browse and take advantage of the gorgeous layout, but I can't. I'm on a Mac running OSX Yosemite.

I've looked everywhere, and I'm so close to just being done with it all and going back to Chrome, slow as it is. I'm on firefox V. 39.0, and it is beyond frustrating when I can't even get on the Mozilla site without confirming the certificate. The best part? It doesn't even give me the option to bypass the warning to get onto Facebook. I just want to browse and take advantage of the gorgeous layout, but I can't. I'm on a Mac running OSX Yosemite.

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You can check the date and time and time zone in the clock on your computer: (double) click the clock icon on the Windows Taskbar.

You can retrieve the certificate and check details like who issued certificates and expiration dates of certificates.

  • Click the link at the bottom of the error page: "I Understand the Risks"
  • Let Firefox retrieve the certificate: "Add Exception" -> "Get Certificate"
  • Click the "View" button and inspect the certificate and check who is the issuer of the certificate.

You can see more details like the intermediate certificates that are used in the Details tab.

Who is the issuer of the certificate?


If you can't inspect the certificate via "I Understand the Risks" then try this:

Open this chrome URI by pasting or typing this URI in the location/address bar to open the "Add Security Exception" window and check the certificate:

  • chrome://pippki/content/exceptionDialog.xul

In the location field type/paste the URL of the website

  • retrieve the certificate via the "Get certificate" button
  • click the "View..." button to inspect the certificate in the Certificate Viewer

Check who is the issuer of the certificate.

You can inspect details like the issuer and the certificate chain in the Details tab of the Certificate Viewer.