PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.32, by Herong Yang
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:
Table of Contents
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 IE (Internet Explorer)
Android 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