[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11369: SSL breaks Flash media uploader

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#11369: SSL breaks Flash media uploader
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 Reporter:  roothorick    |       Owner:                    
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned        
Component:  Media         |     Version:  2.8.6             
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  media upload flash
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Comment(by aaron44126):

 Turns out that it's not a WordPress or swfupload problem, it has to do
 with Flash and SSL certificate validation.

 If you are using a self-signed certificate, or a certificate that is
 otherwise not trusted by default (for the wrong domain, signed by an
 untrusted CA like cacert.org, etc.), then you need to get it trusted by
 Windows before it'll work with the Flash uploader.  For me, this was a
 self-signed certificate, and I added it to the Trusted Root Certificates
 Store (or some such) through the Windows GUI and now my uploads work in
 Firefox.

 Apparently, if you have a good certificate from a good CA, this shouldn't
 be an issue.  The problem is when Flash encounters the untrusted
 certificate (whether you've told Firefox to trust it or not), you get the
 error.

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