I had (what I thought was) a problem with my ClearOS 5.2 installation and rather than futz with it I just reinstalled - it takes so little time and effort anyway but maybe that is a handicap ;-)
Anyhow I decided not to trust my config backups and rather just manually entered all the details. I only use COS as a gateway with the bare minimum Windows server services enabled, so the config is pretty straightforward. Entire reinstall and setup, start to finish, ran me a little over half an hour.
Problem started when I tried to tweak the configuration from a PC within the network. The same PC had of course been used to do the same job with the previous installation so it has the https: certificate installed. Now when I try to connect, using the same bookmark, I get a big panic screen from Firefox, the main thrust of which is
There's more, but I doubt it adds more information. Firefox doesn't offer any options for accepting the certificate anyway, or anything like that.
I know very little about certificates and such - my experience is pretty much limited to installing them into browsers a few times over the years. In Internet Explorer (v9) I am able to go into the webconfig, albeit with the red certificate warning on the address field (and no option to import the certificate like I have been able to do in the past).
What I tried at this point was to "re-issue" the certificate from the COS console under System -> Certificate Manager using the "create" button at the bottom. Didn't seem to help. Have to admit I don't really have more than the faintest inkling of what I am doing at this point! Can anyone help? I might add that I am not interested in purchasing genuine certificates from a recognised CA - this is a very small network and self-signed is more than adequate.
Not a solution to this particular issue, but can someone point me to a simple primer somewhere that might give me a Clue so that I don't sound like a complete bumpkin on the topic?
Anyhow I decided not to trust my config backups and rather just manually entered all the details. I only use COS as a gateway with the bare minimum Windows server services enabled, so the config is pretty straightforward. Entire reinstall and setup, start to finish, ran me a little over half an hour.
Problem started when I tried to tweak the configuration from a PC within the network. The same PC had of course been used to do the same job with the previous installation so it has the https: certificate installed. Now when I try to connect, using the same bookmark, I get a big panic screen from Firefox, the main thrust of which is
"Your certificate contains the same serial number as another certificate issued by the certificate authority. Please get a new certificate containing a unique serial number."
There's more, but I doubt it adds more information. Firefox doesn't offer any options for accepting the certificate anyway, or anything like that.
I know very little about certificates and such - my experience is pretty much limited to installing them into browsers a few times over the years. In Internet Explorer (v9) I am able to go into the webconfig, albeit with the red certificate warning on the address field (and no option to import the certificate like I have been able to do in the past).
What I tried at this point was to "re-issue" the certificate from the COS console under System -> Certificate Manager using the "create" button at the bottom. Didn't seem to help. Have to admit I don't really have more than the faintest inkling of what I am doing at this point! Can anyone help? I might add that I am not interested in purchasing genuine certificates from a recognised CA - this is a very small network and self-signed is more than adequate.
Not a solution to this particular issue, but can someone point me to a simple primer somewhere that might give me a Clue so that I don't sound like a complete bumpkin on the topic?
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