[Pidgin] MSNCertIssue modified

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Mon Jan 21 19:14:06 EST 2013


Page "MSNCertIssue" was changed by MarkDoliner
Diff URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/MSNCertIssue?action=diff&version=13>
Revision 13
Comment: Link to root cert using https to reduce the likelihood of man-in-the-middle
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Index: MSNCertIssue
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--- MSNCertIssue (version: 12)
+++ MSNCertIssue (version: 13)
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 = MSN Certificate Error =
 MSN recently changed the certificate used on some of their servers.  This certificate is used to negotiate a secure socket layer (SSL) session, an encrypted connection, between the client (Windows Live Messenger, Pidgin, etc.) and the server(s).
 
-Unfortunately, this new certificate is signed by a root certificate that Pidgin does not provide. You may not see this problem if your distribution provides the root certificate and has configured Pidgin to use it. The error message you'll see is something like this:
+Unfortunately, this new certificate is signed by a root certificate that Pidgin does not provide. You may not experience any problems if your distribution provides the root certificate and has configured Pidgin to use it. If you do experience a problem, you'll see one of these error messages:
 
 '''Unable to validate certificate:'''[[BR]]
 The certificate for local-bay.contacts.msn.com could not be validated. The certificate chain presented is invalid.
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 === Get the new root certificate ===
 ''If you have followed other (incorrect) instructions to replace the 'local-bay.contacts.msn.com' or 'local-blu-people.directory.live.com' certificate, then you must delete that certificate from `Tools->Certificates` first.''
 
-Download [http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-file/default/share/ca-certs/Baltimore_CyberTrust_Root.pem Baltimore_CyberTrust_Root.pem], then follow the appropriate set of directions below.
+Download [https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-file/default/share/ca-certs/Baltimore_CyberTrust_Root.pem Baltimore_CyberTrust_Root.pem], then follow the appropriate set of directions below.
 
 === Windows ===
  * Save the files to C:\Program Files\Pidgin\ca-certs (or C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\ca-certs as appropriate)
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