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[Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

If I go to a site that serves content with a self-signed or otherwise invalid certificate, I get a prompt that says:
"This connection is untrusted

You are trying to securely reach
<foo>, but the
security certificate of this website is
not trusted.

Proceed Anyway

Back to safety
"

However, if the site delivers lots of content via https, multiple
prompts are given to the user. I couldn't remember the site that I
discovered this on, so I googled and found:

https://www.pcwebshop.co.uk

Navigating to this site in webbrowser-app will prompt the user with 7-14
certificate prompts. Furthermore, clicking 'Back to safety' I need to
click through 3 times and it doesn't seem to actually do anything (ie,
the site is still displayed-- perhaps in reduced form, I'm not sure).

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: avengers

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260981

Title:
  multiple certificate prompts for self-signed certificate

Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I go to a site that serves content with a self-signed or otherwise invalid certificate, I get a prompt that says:
  "This connection is untrusted

  You are trying to securely reach
  <foo>, but the
  security certificate of this website is
  not trusted.

  Proceed Anyway

  Back to safety
  "

  However, if the site delivers lots of content via https, multiple
  prompts are given to the user. I couldn't remember the site that I
  discovered this on, so I googled and found:

  https://www.pcwebshop.co.uk

  Navigating to this site in webbrowser-app will prompt the user with
  7-14 certificate prompts. Furthermore, clicking 'Back to safety' I
  need to click through 3 times and it doesn't seem to actually do
  anything (ie, the site is still displayed-- perhaps in reduced form,
  I'm not sure).

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