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Posted: 20 Nov 2014, 23:41
by steve8702
I downloaded the latest Porteus Kiosk ISO, dd copied it to a USB stick, successfully booted it from the USB stick, got the Wizard, chose all the options I wanted, burned it to my hard disk, and successfully booted from the hard disk.
The problem is, when trying to browse to
http://google.com (I chose Firefox as the browser), the browser insists on changing the URL to
https://google.com.
How do I override this unwanted behavior?
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 04:02
by Ed_P
steve8702 wrote:How do I override this unwanted behavior?
You can't, Google is doing it. Same thing happens with IE in Windows.
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 04:38
by steve8702
Ed_P wrote:steve8702 wrote:How do I override this unwanted behavior?
You can't, Google is doing it. Same thing happens with IE in Windows.
Then how do I configure it so the user doesn't have to answer the dialog boxes about whether or not to trust the site?
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 08:34
by fanthom
@steve8702
kernel.org forces SSL and i'm not getting any certificate warning on this/other sites.
please show me a video.
also - company where i work forces their own certificate (probably so they can decrypt the traffic - 'man in the middle') for all SSL sites and firefox gives this warning indeed. are you sure this is not your case?
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 15:53
by steve8702
I'm trying to setup a Kiosk for internet browsing for non-techie users, and I don't want the users to be confronted with a "This connection is untrusted" dialog box when they try to connect to Google.
I looked carefully but could not find any option in the setup wizard to configure Firefox not to display this message.
That's what I'm asking about: where is the option in the wizard where I can configure Firefox (or any other browser) to just connect to Google seamlessly without popping up a dialog box about an untrusted connection?
I have a picture of the "This connection is untrusted" dialog box but I didn't see any option to attach it to this message.
Thank you.
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 15:58
by fanthom
please send this picture to
support@porteus-kiosk.org
thanks
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 16:18
by steve8702
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 16:34
by fanthom
yes - i know how this message looks like.
i want to see it in kiosk as i cant reproduce your problem and seems that others are also not affected (otherwise i would get many bug reports much earlier).
please upload a photo of Porteus Kiosk showing untrusted certificate on google.com.
as i wrote above - you my send it to
support@porteus-kiosk.org
thanks
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 17:25
by steve8702
fanthom wrote:i want to see it in kiosk as i cant reproduce your problem and seems that others are also not affected (otherwise i would get many bug reports much earlier).
please upload a photo of Porteus Kiosk showing untrusted certificate on google.com.
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Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 18:21
by fanthom
please accept the certificate then check who issued it like i did in the video:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/public/Testing/google.mpg
please show me the picture showing company who signed the certificate.
btw: have you modified the kiosk ISO manually by any chance?
Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 19:10
by steve8702
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I have not modified the ISO manually in any way.
I solved the problem by going into CMOS setup and changing the clock. Now it works fine, and I don't get the "untrusted" page.
I suspect just about all Linux newcomers who encountered this issue with the Kiosk would just quietly go look elsewhere instead of searching for a forum, creating an account, and posting a question. That could be why the problem has previously not been reported.
You might want to add the clock thing to your FAQ.
Is there an option in the Wizard somewhere to tell Porteus Kiosk to ignore the PC hardware clock and go get the date&time from the internet?
Thanks for creating Porteus Kiosk. Now that it's working, I think it will do exactly what I wanted.
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Re: https
Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 21:00
by fanthom
glad that you have sorted it
Is there an option in the Wizard somewhere to tell Porteus Kiosk to ignore the PC hardware clock and go get the date&time from the internet?
ntp will be active in kiosk 3.2.0 but only if user select time zone in the wizard
thanks