https, MacOS and Certificates

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Nov 7 16:28:38 EST 2013


On 11/7/13 9:25 AM, Timothy Bleiler wrote:
> I've been getting some simple information back from an active server
> page using this script
>
> Put "https://MyServer/MyActiveServerPage.aspx?uID=1001" into
> tURLString Get URL tURLString
>
> This is generating an error with certificates on some Macs but not
> all. On the Macs where the problem occurs, the URL can be accessed
> through the web browser but NOT through Livecode. This makes me
> suspect that the problem is not just with the certificates but with
> how liveCode is using the keychain system.

LiveCode tries to find the default installed certificate in the OS and 
uses that when sending https requests. There's a known failure to find 
the certificate on Mac OS 10.6. Are the Macs that fail running that 
version of the OS?

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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