Archived: Viewing Server Certificate in Firefox 35

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:

You are connected to yahoo.com
Verified by: VeriSign, Inc.
The connection to this website is secure.

3. Click the "More Information..." button on the message box. The Page Info dialog box shows up displaying the "Security" tab.

4. 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

 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

 Archived: Viewing Server Certificate in Chrome 40

Archived: Viewing Server Certificate in Firefox 35

 Archived: Viewing Pre-Installed Certificates in Firefox 35

 Archived: Firefox 35 Displaying Certificate Error Page

 Archived: Adding Security Exception in Firefox 35

 Archived: Windows XP Component "Update Root Certificates"

 Archived: Creating Certificates Console on Windows XP

 Archived: Applying Digital Signatures with Word 2007

 Archived: Creating a Digital ID and Sign Word Documents

 Archived: Viewing Digital ID Created by MS Word

 Archived: Obtaining a Trial Digital ID from ARX CoSign

 Archived: Viewing Digital ID Obtained from ARX CoSign

 Archived: Windows XP Component - Removing "Update Root Certificates"

 Archived: IE 8 Displaying Certificate Error Page

 Archived: IE 8 Displaying Certificate Error Icon

 Archived: Viewing Certificate Path Validation Error in IE 8

 Archived: Importing Root Certificate from a File to IE 8

 References

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