Quick Firefox question here from one of your non-developer users: Say I
try to connect to a site over HTTPS, but I am presented with a "This
Connection is Untrusted" dialogue due to an invalid certificate
(self-signed, non-matching, etc.) If I make a permanent security
exception, does that exception only apply to that particular
certificate, or am I implicitly choosing to always connect to that site
regardless of what invalid certificate is provided?

What I'm getting at: Obviously when I make a security exception I am
taking a risk on that connection being a MitM. But am I also opening
myself up to future MitM attacks, if a new certificate was to be
provided later?

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