Mozilla shipping SSL root certificate, has no idea how it got there

Re:Mozilla shipping SSL root certificate, has no idea how it... by patio11 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:30AM (#1244529)

This introduces a decision your typical user is not competent to make ("should I enable this setting?") and yet another error message they will quickly learn to ignore.

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Re:Mozilla shipping SSL root certificate, has no idea how it... by seven on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @10:35AM (#1244659)

I agree. But imho this is no reason to not include the suggested feature.

There are so many settings and warnings that a common user does not understand. This new one would not scare any users away I guess. They will just ignore it.

I would be very happy to notice that my browser suddenly uses a different certificate to validate the certificate of one of my servers.

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Re:Mozilla shipping SSL root certificate, has no idea how it... by aw3c2 on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @04:08PM (#1245490)

Yes, it should be similar to disabling cookies or javascript. Or tinkering with other options. A default for the "normals" but power to people who know what they are doing.

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