Viewing Server Certificate in Mozilla Firefox

This section provides a tutorial example on how to view certificate when visiting an 'https' Website in Mozilla Firefox.

When you visit a "https" Web server, it will send its certificate to your browser. Server's certificate is needed by the browser for these 2 tasks:

Normally, your browser will do these 2 tasks automatically without your interaction. You don't need to know where is the server certificate and what's in the certificate.

But since I am interested to learn more about "https" communication, I want to see the server certificate. Here is what did on Mozilla Firefox to see details of the server certificate.

1. Run Mozilla Firefox and go to https://login.yahoo.com and wait for the log in page to be displayed.

2. Click the lock icon at right side of the web address. The page security information message box shows up

3. Click on right array at the end of "Secure Connection" line. The Website security information shows up.

4. Click the "More Information..." button at the bottom. The security detail dialog box shows up.

5. Click the "View Certificate" button. The Certificate Viewer dialog box shows up.

Cool. Now I see a real server certificate for commercial uses. The picture below shows you steps to see the certificate:

View Server Certificate in Mozilla Firefox
Viewing Server Certificate in Mozilla Firefox

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

 Visiting "https" Website with Mozilla Firefox

Viewing Server Certificate in Mozilla Firefox

 Server Certificate General Information

 Viewing Server Certificate Path in Mozilla Firefox

 Exporting Server Certificate to File in Mozilla Firefox

 Viewing Pre-Installed Certificates in Mozilla Firefox

 Listing of Trusted Root CA in Mozilla Firefox

 Exporting Certificate to File from Mozilla Firefox

 Deleting Root CA Certificates from Mozilla Firefox

 Mozilla Firefox Displaying Certificate Error Page

 Adding Security Exception in Mozilla Firefox

 Failing to Import Root CA Certificates to Mozilla Firefox

 Certificate Trust Settings in Mozilla Firefox

 HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

 Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

 HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

 Android and Server Certificate

 iPhone and Server Certificate

 Windows Certificate Stores and Console

 RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

 macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

 Comodo Free Personal Certificate

 Digital Signature - Microsoft Word

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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