I contacted ipsCA support today and thought I would post their response. It looks like there is not much hope of getting this resolved any time soon.
Submitted by RGU Tue 07 Feb 2012 - 17:31:36 Dear customer, Currently, our root CA is recognized in Internet Explorer and all browsers which use Windows certificate store in Windows plattforms, i.e, Google Chrome or Apple Safari. Regarding Firefox, we are in process for being included within Firefox browser. As a temp solution, you can add a code within your web page in order to enable your customer to install themselves our trust chain manually. We are including a code sample. This is the link to install manually the CA root: http://certs.ipsca.com/store/ipsCAGlobal.crt Thanks for trusting ipsCA ipsCA support Where in the timeline is ipsCA in getting the ipsCA root certs included in Firefox? What steps still need to be completed? Is it within a month, 6 months, 1 year? It seems this issue has existed since December 2009. I don't mean to be skeptical, but I am, as to if this issue will ever get resolved. Thanks Jared Submitted by SAL Tue 07 Feb 2012 - 19:04:30 Dear Customer We continue working in the process of inclusion. We do not have an exact time, but it will take several more months. Best Regards and Thanks for Trusting ipsCA ipsCA Support http://certs.ipsca.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600779 Title: ipsCA Global and ipsCA Main root certificates not supported in Firefox Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Expired Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox ipsCA is a company that provides security certificates. It, evidently, provides the certificates to educational institutions for free. Many educational institutions in the US, including the one at which I am an instructor, use the ipsCA certificates. As of December 2009, Firefox is no longer supporting the ipsCA certificates. Here is the bug from the Mozilla bug tracker: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529286 Why is this a problem? It is costing Ubuntu users. I am no longer in a position to recommend Ubuntu to students as the security warning screens scare the students. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/600779/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
