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Google Chrome / Chromium and the self signed SSL certificates.

Hi there!

Here is a simple step by step instruction how to add self-signed SSL cert to Chrome / Chromium so it does not warn all the time.

Remember that You should use this method for PRIVATE small self hosted projects (like my site) that You trust. Don’t EVER use it to “fix” SSL Certificate issues for Your bank, ebay, paypal account etc. Those should be signed by a trusted certificate authority and they should never cause a browser to go mental like this. If a browser warns about Your banks cert being untrusted it could mean a lot of trouble.

So lets say You are seeing this each time You are visiting my site. Follow the next 20 steps to make this warning go away.

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01. Step 01.

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20. Step 20.

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See? That wasnt’s so hard.

Remember that You should use this method for PRIVATE small self hosted projects (like my site) that You trust. Don’t EVER use it to “fix” SSL Certificate issues for Your bank, ebay, paypal account etc. Those should be signed by a trusted certificate authority and they should never cause a browser to go mental like this. If a browser warns about Your banks cert being untrusted it could mean a lot of trouble.

Cheers.

Andrzej

AndrzejL

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