Dealing with Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer in Selenium 2.1.0

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

I have been trying to get past the certificate issues when dealing with Firefox in Selenium 2.1.0 but no luck for now.

• Selenium version : v2.1.0, with Core v2.1.0. Built from revision 12971
• OS: Windows XP 5.1 x86
• Java: Sun Microsystems Inc. 16.3-b01
• Firefox Version : 3.6.15
  

I still cant get past the below error and as such I am not able to proceed further.

SSL Certificate error that Firefox is throwing up :

The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown.
(Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)


Commands that I am using to spawn my hub and my webDriver node:
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.1.0.jar -role hub
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.1.0.jar -role webdriver -trustAllSSLCertificates -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register -port 5556 -nodeConfig webconfig.txt

contents of webconfig.txt can be viewed at : https://gist.github.com/1106418

Code that I am running :

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub");
        DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
        desiredCapabilities.setBrowserName(DesiredCapabilities.firefox().getBrowserName());
        FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();       
        //firefoxProfile.addExtension(new File("C:/extensions/remember_certificate_exception-1.0.0-fx.xpi"));
        firefoxProfile.setAssumeUntrustedCertificateIssuer(false);
        firefoxProfile.setAcceptUntrustedCertificates(false);
        desiredCapabilities.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, firefoxProfile);
        desiredCapabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
        desiredCapabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.SUPPORTS_JAVASCRIPT, true);
        firefoxProfile.layoutOnDisk();
        WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(url, desiredCapabilities);
        driver.get(MY_URL);
        Thread.sleep(10000);
        driver.quit();
    }

PS : When running the code with the following line uncommented
firefoxProfile.addExtension(new File("C:/extensions/remember_certificate_exception-1.0.0-fx.xpi"));

I noticed that the RCE plug-in seems to endlessly loop through the process of adding the URL as an exception and I can never get past.

I would need to work only with RemoteWebDriver. Would appreciate if someone could please shed some light on this.


Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Guys,
Any pointers on this ?

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"