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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network. This tag should be use when dealing with SSL certificate involving macOS or iOS

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High Sierra (10.13.6) npm OSSL PEM routine error

Recently acquired an old MacBook Pro, new to MacOS. I have downloaded & installed node 16.20.1 https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases npm install fails. npm doctor returns: Check ...
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How can I update SSL certificates on macOS Tiger?

I Want to update ssl certificates on my iMac G4, macOS Tiger (10.4.11). I already tried to copy from a newer mac the certificate "Actalis Authentication Root CA", trust in in Keychain Access ...
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Connecting legacy Mac OS (10.3.9) to modern HTTPS via TLS

I'm using an old iMac G3, running Mac OS 10.3.9 Panther, for research purposes. My concern is not security - I don't put sensitive information on this machine, nor do I mind if the integrity of the ...
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MacOS Ventura 13.1: FortiClient SSL-VPN can't connect

Recently I updated my Macbook to the latest macOS (Ventura 13.1). Before the update, I was able to use FortiClient to connect to a VPN. I am trying the same configuration with previous versions of ...
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macOS Server: How to remove self-signed root from website SSL cert chain?

macOS 10.13.6, Server.app 5.6.3 I'm using LetsEncrypt SSL certs. After updating a cert with certbot, I use openssl to export a PKCS12 file, then import that to the system keychain using "security&...
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Removing CA cert

Some time ago I installed Anaconda, which appears to have installed a CA cert in my system. I found out it had done so because today some websites started to fail loading. At first I thought it might ...
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SSL errors everytime I fetch or push from/to Github

I've been having this issue the past few days and I don't know where the issue is coming from. When I try to brew update, or pull anything from git, I get this error: ➜ brew update fatal: unable to ...
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Mac OS configure syslog send logs to remote rsyslog server encrypted (TLS/SSL)

Can MacOS syslog, send logs to remote rsyslog server using TLS/SSL ?
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macOS Server: How to make mail server use TLS/SSL

I've set up the Mail component in the Server.app to provide an internal mail server. We used to use this mail server to send mail (via SMTP) without TLS on port 25 which worked well enough. Now I ...
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MacOS not trusting the Cisco Umbrella Root CA

I've started seeing failing "Cisco Umbrella Secondary SubCA syd-SG" certs in all sorts of places suddenly when browsing. Safari, Firefox, Chrome on my 2 macs are both having this problem for ...
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iCloud not synching, cloudd reporting "TIC SSL Trust Error"

I am running three Macs with macOS 10.13.6. All are in the same LAN, all are set up to connect to iCloud with the same account. On one Mac, iCloud works fully (with all services). On the other two, I ...
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Many sites are displaying SSL Certificate invalid but their date is in the future and the computer's clock is fine

I reinstalled an old 2015 Apple computer today, and I ran into a few issues. During system install, it failed because of some SSL issues, and I had to change the system's clock to prior 2017 for the ...
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Export x509 Certificate from iPad

Question: Is there a way to export a public certificate from an iPad running the latest iOS? (PEM formatted Base64 if possible) Scenario: AirWatch manages our iPads. There is a profile configured to ...
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Mysql SSL unsupported protocol error

Since a couple days I cannot connect to several mysql instances when using SSL. I am quite sure it's a problem on my machine, since colleagues and production servers don't have this issue. In both my ...
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Make Safari on macOS reject insecure connections again

Summary: I had opened an insecure website in Safari on macOS, which is now displayed with the "Not Secure" warning in the address field. I would like to “reset“ Safari so that this (and ...
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UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION_DISABLED on Mac OSX

I am running some python code that uses a library (urlib3) to access an API for some data. However, when the API endpoint is accessed, I get an SSL error of UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION_DISABLED. The ...
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How to Update OpenSSL on Mac OS 10.15.7

We are running on Mac OS 10.15.7 and we have been told by some APIs that our TLS is not up to date. When I run: openssl version I get: LibreSSL 2.8.3 When I run: which openssl I get: /usr/bin/openssl ...
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How can I programmatically test if the ISRG Root X1 certificate is present and trusted in Keychain Access?

On September 30, 2021, the DST Root CA X3 expired, and left macOS 10.11 and older unable to connect to any HTTPS servers which use Let's Encrypt by default. One easy way to fix this is to manually add ...
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Certain SSL Websites not loading in Chrome, Safari, Curl

I'm trying to open bisonbrew.com but am getting ERR_CONNECTION_RESET with Chrome, and with Safari: 'Safari can't open the page "https://bisonbrew.com" because Safari can't establish a ...
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iOS: Safari "could not establish a secure connection to the server"

When I try to access our dev sites, I get this error on my iPhone X running the latest general release of iOS 15. Now 15.1. Safari cannot open the page because it could not establish a secure ...
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Google Chrome "Privacy error" for a few select sites

Today I started seeing the "Privacy error" in Chrome for a few select pages, like apple.stackexchange.com and macworld.com. Not all sites, just a few. The error message looks like this: My ...
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Beware: macOS Finder "Connect to Server" accepts FTPS URLs (FTP in a SSL/TLS tunnel) but actually connects via plain FTP!

Reproduction macOS 11 Big Sur Finder > Main Menu > Go > Connect to server… (⌘-K) Field allows ftps:// scheme. That is FTP in a SSL/TLS tunnel: Questions Is Finder actually using FTPS? If ...
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Big Sur Add trusted certificate via command line (Safari Can't establish a secure connection)

I am trying to have Safari stop preventing me from visiting one of my dev machines with an invalid cert. I am trying to use the solution in this thread but install it using the CLI: security add-...
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When and how can I use client certificate authentication on iOS?

I have installed a x509/pfx certificate under profiles in my iOS settings and configured my webserver (nginx) to require this certificate. With Safari on iOS, I can browse to my main page using the ...
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iPhone and iPad says IMAP server is not responding after password change, but works on other devices

I’m having a bit of a brain-scratcher with my parents’ phones and iPads. My stepmum received a notification that an attempt by someone to log in to her Google account (with the right password) had ...
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Can a self-signed certificate use an IP address for an entry in Subject Alternative Name?

From https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210176 TLS server certificates must present the DNS name of the server in the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate. DNS names in the CommonName ...
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Homebrew Cask download failure. SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired

I am trying to install NetLogo via Homebrew Cask. I run the following command: brew cask install netlogo Homebrew starts the download but immediately throws the following error: ==> Downloading ...
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Bypass for the certificate must be valid for 825 days or fewer

Is there a way to workaround issue with certs valid for long time (10 years)? I work in a corporation where Macs are not common and we have some internal long live certificates. I know I can add ...
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Using LibreSSL 3.1.1 without messing with the system

I did a brew install of OpenSSL/LibreSSL (3.1.1)... it's located in /usr/local/opt/libressl/bin/openssl I also have the usual macOS Catalina OpenSSL/LibreSSL bin at: /usr/bin/openssl I don't ...
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How can I fix my offlineimap Certificate error on a homebrew install

OfflineIMAP 7.3.3 Licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or any later version (with an OpenSSL exception) imaplib2 v2.101 (bundled), Python v2.7.17, OpenSSL 1.1.1g 21 Apr 2020 *** Processing account charles ...
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How to fix ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR for only one specific site

Working on a site for a client, and for some reason I keep getting the "can't provide a secure connection" error in ALL browsers. Everyone outside me seems to see it fine. If I log in to my work ...
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"Safari can't establish a secure connection" and OmniFocus sync is broken

Symptoms macOS 10.14.6, Safari 13.1, all updates applied. Safari refuses to connect to some websites. Safari Can't Open the Page [...] because Safari can't establish a secure connection to the ...
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Creating SHA-2 certificate using keychain assistant

I am trying to enable https on my localhost (for testing). Using Keychain Assistant, I have created both a self-signed CA and a certificate issued by that same CA. I have enabled trust on the CA in ...
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Does Homebrew install use SSL/TLS?

I recently installed Homebrew on my Mac using the UNIX command from the Homebrew homepage /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" When ...
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web request failures in curl

I have a macbook pro running Catalina 10.15.1. However this issue has been present since at least Mojave. After a reboot it runs fine for a while (up to about an hour but I haven't measured) and then ...
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Catalina Trusted Root CA certificates are revoked - Chrome

I have a trusted self-signed root CA named CA and I use that to sign a certificate for my local website, before I install CA's certificate and trust that, chrome shows me an error about the site SSL ...
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Why does iOS 13 not trust my own Root CA?

No matter what I do, I can't get Safari on the iPhone or iPad to trust a certificate from an internal website. I can look at the certificate and it is shown as "not trusted". I have imported the Root ...
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curl-config --ca returns a blank line, and other cert problems

This is a repost/update of this question on stackoverflow, which didn't get any attention so I'm trying a more specific stackexchange. My problem was originally that Cargo (Rust's dependency manager) ...
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Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 on Safari

Safari would disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 next year. I would like to disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 before that, so I got the benefit right now. I did it to my Firefox, but I use Safari more. Is it possible to do ...
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How do you clear SSL leaf certificates mappings to particular domains

I visit my website using Chrome on macOS Mojave, for example, qa.abc.com, and the SSL leaf certificate is from customer-test.ssl.fastly.net. I recently updated the CNAME record in my DNS for qa.abc....
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Are whitespaces a good idea for a rootCA or intermediateCA for a self sign/closed on-prem PKI - with iPads?

Good morning, we've got iPads running with a native App and would next use a safari Homescreen Shortcut for a web based catalog. However, connecting to the F5 LTM, which rotates and terminates the (...
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Fixing a Mac unable to fetch software updates? Requests to https://swdist.apple.com/* seem to be failing HTTPS cert validation

I've discovered that my Mac can't fetch software updates because the requests to Apple server's are failing. I think it's something related to HTTPS cert validating or cert pinning. I was tipped off ...
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Safari complains about SSL certificate on redirect page

I have gotten reports from people navigating to our site without entering the www. part of the URL that our SSL certificate does not match and so generates a warning. This is technically correct I ...
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"Client Authentication" certificate for iPhone for school Wi-Fi

My school Wi-Fi, which requires that I log in using my username and password, requires that I accept this certificate (which I think might be a trusted root certificate?) in order to connect: What ...
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Error downloading YouTube video using youtube-dl

When downloading a YouTube video using youtube-dl, I get the following error: MacBook-Pro:ytd user$ youtube-dl "https://youtu.be/dgxpBpa9A48" [youtube] dgxpBpa9A48: Downloading webpage ERROR: ...
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Security Certificates disappearing from trust store

Publicly signed fully valid .CRT file, signed by root CA and not expired, disappears from the System Keychain. Seems to affect all sorts of Mac computers in my environment including new and fully ...
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How does Safari (on iOS) decide when to present an SSL client certificate

I've installed a SSL client certificate into the version of Safari that comes with iOS 11.4.1. It apparently allows me to access a protected site as expected. Are there any specific privacy issues ...
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How "official" is libressl support in High Sierra?

I am trying to port an OpenSSL-based C program from Linux to macOS, and I would like to use a library for TLS which is officially supported by the OS, because then the OS keeps that library up-to-date ...
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Updating SSL root certs on old Mac (running Lion)

My father-in-law reported an "Invalid SSL certificate" suddenly started appearing on his online banking website. After verifying it's not a website issue (it loads correctly on other computers), I ...
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Reset Safari SSL Exceptions on iOS 11

On iOS if you visit a website with an invalid SSL certificate, you are presented with this prompt (ok, it’s in italian but you get the picture): Tapping “show details” allows the user to proceed to ...
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