Archived: IE 8 Displaying Certificate Error Page

This section provides a tutorial example showing that IE 8 fails to validate an HTTPS server certificate and displays a certificate error page.

Before continue to play with the HTTPS Website, https://login.yahoo.com, let me summarize what happened so far:

Now I want to see how IE 8 behaves, if I remove root certificate "GTE CyberTrust Global Root" again.

1. Open IE 8 and remove root certificate ""GTE CyberTrust Global Root".

2. Close and re-open IE 8 to visit "https://login.yahoo.com".

3. IE 8 returns with a certificate error page:

Certificate Error on IE 8
Showing Certificate Error on IE 8

4. Read the error message:

Certificate Error: Navigation Blocked
There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by
a trusted certificate authority.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or
intercept any data you send to the server.

We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this
website.

Click here to close this webpage.

Continue to this website (not recommended).

I am happy to see that IE 8 fails to validate "login.yahoo.com" certificate as I expected.

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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