> So this could be re-written: Is there something we can do for browsers > to show something more enlightening than > "ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert" when seeing this common error? >
Yes. The bad news is that the "something we can do" is very browser specific. In the case of Mozilla Firefox, you can write a Firefox extension that converts SSL Alert error codes into some more meaningful error description. Firefox extensions can implement the notifySSLError() method in the nsISSLErrorListener interface, examine the SSL error code, stop the current request, and display useful infromation to the user through an XUL overlay. Doing this in an extension is a little intrusive because you have to intercept every HTTP request (using the "http-on-modify-request" event) and attach your nsISSLErrorListener to the request. This might have some performance implications, but they may be slight. This solution is Firefox-specific. I am not familiar with other Web browsers and I can't really say how you can achieve what you want on them. Best Regards, Peter Djalaliev -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
