I'm surprised that this bug blocking MSN chat doesn't have top but only medium importance. It could turn many people away from Ubuntu. I'm surprised not to find a pidgin update already in Ubuntu's depot for the general user. All it takes is repackaging with two added certificates in /usr/share/purple/ca-certs/ As it is my opinion that general users should find, without reading all this, a clear howto to solve their problem, I have updated the description. I have tested that procedure carefully.
** Description changed: When attempting to connect to MSN, Pidgin fails to load the contact list, citing an issue with the SSL certificate of omega.contacts.msn.com. This happened due to Microsoft renewing both the omega.contacts.msn.com certificate, as well as their certification authority certificate "Microsoft Secure Server Authority". Hence, the certificate in /usr/share/purple/ca- certs/Microsoft_Secure_Server_Authority.pem is outdated. In addition, the transition from the old to the new certificate is not complete, only half-done, so a simple workaround of updating the certificate would not work. Both the old and new certificates have to be included. Debdiffs for natty and maverick are attached. TEST CASE: 1. Start Pidgin 2. Click Tools->Certificates 3. Delete the omega.contacts.msn.com certificate 4. Try connecting to a MSN messenger account 5. If it fails with "Unable to validate certificate", then this bug is present. + + Solution : + While waiting for a Pidgin update from Ubuntu, those who can do it can apply this: + http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/MSNCertIssue + Tested original on Lucid. Should be OK on all versions. + + Original@: http://squidsrants.blogspot.com/2010/11/pidgin-msn-and-other-protocols.html + Also: http://blog.andreineculau.com/2010/11/pidgin-and-msn-certificate-error-for-omega-contacts-msn-com/ ** Description changed: When attempting to connect to MSN, Pidgin fails to load the contact list, citing an issue with the SSL certificate of omega.contacts.msn.com. This happened due to Microsoft renewing both the omega.contacts.msn.com certificate, as well as their certification authority certificate "Microsoft Secure Server Authority". Hence, the certificate in /usr/share/purple/ca- certs/Microsoft_Secure_Server_Authority.pem is outdated. In addition, the transition from the old to the new certificate is not complete, only half-done, so a simple workaround of updating the certificate would not work. Both the old and new certificates have to be included. Debdiffs for natty and maverick are attached. TEST CASE: 1. Start Pidgin 2. Click Tools->Certificates 3. Delete the omega.contacts.msn.com certificate 4. Try connecting to a MSN messenger account 5. If it fails with "Unable to validate certificate", then this bug is present. Solution : - While waiting for a Pidgin update from Ubuntu, those who can do it can apply this: + While waiting for a Pidgin update from Ubuntu, some people can apply this: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/MSNCertIssue Tested original on Lucid. Should be OK on all versions. Original@: http://squidsrants.blogspot.com/2010/11/pidgin-msn-and-other-protocols.html Also: http://blog.andreineculau.com/2010/11/pidgin-and-msn-certificate-error-for-omega-contacts-msn-com/ -- pidgin does not connect to msn, certificate error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676972 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
