I found a workaround: 1. Quit iceweasel. 2. ~$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default 3. ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default$ mv cert8.db cert8.db.old 4. Restart iceweasel.
A coworker of mine was affected by the same problem and was able to solve it using the above workaround. As far as I can tell, iceweasel is recording some information about the SSL configuration for a specific host and port in "cert8.db" (in our case, a development instance of a web app that uses a self-signed cert that is frequently regenerated). The information in "cert8.db" is either corrupt or in conflict with the certificate actually provided when the browser connects, but instead of landing at the warning-and-override page, mozilla::pkix fails silently and the connection attempt hangs. So, I think there is a bug here, but seems like it might require some deep digging to find the actual point of failure. - Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
