Firefox 3 and SSL Certificate errors
Apologies for pointing to kind of an old article, but this article goes into depth on how Firefox 3 handles errors with SSL Certificates. These errors include such things as domain name mismatches, expired certificates, and untrusted (e.g. self-signed) roots. The comments on the article also include a lively and intelligent discussion of the issues surrounding self-signed certificates.
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