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September 14, 2009

FireFox issues error sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial

Filed under: WindowsAdmin — saltwetfish @ 7:59 am
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One of the think I hate about firefox is that when you internal certificates like those issued by HP Integrated Lights-Out’s (iLO) web page, you have to confirm to download the cert and add it to your cert store. There is not one-click solution to this as yet and neither can I disable this in FireFox even if I only intend to use it in an intranet environment.

More troublesome is when I update the firmware in my iLO and hence a new cerificate is generated and when you try to launch the web page for iLO access again you will encounter the following error.

Error code: sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial

It took me a while to figure it out from the googling, but the solution is simply to delete the cert8.db from your FireFox profile, usually found in  C:\Documents and Settings\<yourname>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<yourprofile>. Easier still just search for cert8.db in your computer and delete that file. 

Oh….. you need close FireFox first

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