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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in firefox-36.0?
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:47:14
Message-Id: 5508CB08.4010005@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is this a bug in firefox-36.0? by walt
1 On 03/17/2015 04:49 PM, walt wrote:
2 > I get a certificate verification error when visiting https://www.att.com
3 > using firefox-36.0, but not when using chrome-41.0.2272.76.
4 >
5 > Anyone else see the same with firefox-36?
6
7 I haven't tried, honestly. But I have had problems with Firefox not
8 including some intermediary certificates before. That breaks the whole
9 chain of trust.
10
11 > BTW, I tried the latest firefox in a Win7 virtual machine and I was
12 > shocked to see that firefox was updating itself when I was logged in
13 > as an unprivileged user (i.e. *not* an Administrator). Are the idiots
14 > at M$ *really* that stupid? They've learned nothing, apparently, since
15 > Win 95 :(
16
17 Remove the 'Mozilla Maintenance Service' from Programs & Features (or
18 whatever it's called) and it won't auto update. Mozilla installs a
19 privileged service that auto updates its software.
20
21
22 Dan

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[gentoo-user] Re: Is this a bug in firefox-36.0? walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
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