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Linksys Router and Firefox Certificate Problem

I recently moved my Linksys WAG54GS router from plain http to https access for its maintenance page. Even though I only have it accessible internally I like to be as secure as possible and given this was an easy fix I just did it.

Today I got these errors in Firefox 3.0.8:

Pop Up

Firefox Pop Up

Alert

Firefox Alert

So, I assumed that the certificate had became broken or changed in some way. So I delved into the Certificates area of my Firefox (Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Encryption -> View Certificates) and I deleted the one for my router, easy to spot as it had its IP address listed.

Certificate Manager

Firefox Certificate Manager

I tried again, nothing, same error. I closed and reopened Firefox. Same error.

The solution for this one in particular is that there is also a Security Device certificate installed in the Authorities section listed as Cisco Linksys. Once I deleted this one it then gave me the normal screen as if I’d never connected to my router before.

Certificate Authority Manager

Firefox Certificate Authority Manager

The recommendation from Mozilla regarding this is here *Mozilla*

3 comments

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Richard McIntosh

breaking things that are working, i see ;)

comments user
lee

Avoiding the possibility of compromising my router through packet sniffing via a potentially crackable WEP key ;)

comments user
Richard

Good point! :D

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