What is SSL Error? Causes and Types
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and is used by websites to keep any information you enter on their page private and secure. All browsers have default inbuilt certificate list of various SSLs. Any mismatch in the certificates causes SSL Errors in Browser. SSL errors are mainly of three types, SSL Certificate error, SSL Connection Error and SSL Security Error. We will discuss how to fix SSL Connection Error in Google Chrome Browser.Reasons for occurrence of SSL Error
Certificate is Un-trusted or issued by un-trusted authority.
Page contains both secure and insecure items.
Certification is not up to date
Mismatch in Date and Time
Antivirus that might be scanning encrypted connections in background.
There are various types of SSL certificate errors occur on Google Chrome web browser and they have to deal in different way to get ride of them. I do understand how complex it, when you do everything properly. Let me explain each and every kind of error, which can occur in Google Chrome web browser.
Step 1 – To start with the procedure, first of all, click on the icon of ‘Customize and Control Google Chrome’ menu present on the upper right corner of your screen. See Figure A.
Step 2 – Now, click on ‘Options’ menu.
Figure A
Step 3 – From the window ‘Google Chrome Options’, select the tab ‘Under the Hood’ as shown in Figure B.
Step 4 –In that tab, select the ‘Security’ option. See Figure B.
Figure B
Step 5 – Click on the button ‘Manage Certificate’ just under ‘Select trusted SSL certificates’, as shown in Figure C.
Figure C
Step 6 – After clicking on ‘Manage Certificates’, the ‘Certificates’ window pops open, where users can import, export or remove the SSL certificates. Now, click on the ‘Trusted Root Certification’ tab and click on the ‘Import’ button as shown in Figure D.
Figure D
Step 7 – Now, click on the following two check boxes listed below ‘Computer-wide SSL settings as shown in Figure E.
Figure E
Controlled Display of Mixed Content on Secured Pages
Sometimes, the content displayed on an SSL-secured website comes from unreliable sources. Visitors can easily view such content while the web-page loads and the information is being transmitted. There are many types of malicious software that are known to have the potential to modify such insecure contents and make unauthorized changes on websites.
As per the default setting, whenever visitors’ web-browsers come across a webpage with mixed content, an alert icon
is displayed at the end of the address bar.
Step 8 – Make the following changes under the section of ‘When there is mixed content on secure (SSL) page”. Users can make changes by choosing any one of the following options in the drop down menu:
Step 3 – From the window ‘Google Chrome Options’, select the tab ‘Under the Hood’ as shown in Figure B.
Step 4 –In that tab, select the ‘Security’ option. See Figure B.
Step 5 – Click on the button ‘Manage Certificate’ just under ‘Select trusted SSL certificates’, as shown in Figure C.
Step 6 – After clicking on ‘Manage Certificates’, the ‘Certificates’ window pops open, where users can import, export or remove the SSL certificates. Now, click on the ‘Trusted Root Certification’ tab and click on the ‘Import’ button as shown in Figure D.
Step 7 – Now, click on the following two check boxes listed below ‘Computer-wide SSL settings as shown in Figure E.
- ‘Use SSL 2.0 – This is SSL protocol’s older version, which is found to be less secure. In spite of that, there are a few websites that may need visitors to use this version during their browsing session. So, users need to select this option only when you trust the website.
- ‘Server certification revocation’ – Clicking on this check-box, turns on the real-time verification for the website certificate’s validity, for extra security. A third-party issuer can revoke a certificate if that certificate is noticed to be stolen or compromised.
Figure E
Controlled Display of Mixed Content on Secured Pages
Sometimes, the content displayed on an SSL-secured website comes from unreliable sources. Visitors can easily view such content while the web-page loads and the information is being transmitted. There are many types of malicious software that are known to have the potential to modify such insecure contents and make unauthorized changes on websites.
As per the default setting, whenever visitors’ web-browsers come across a webpage with mixed content, an alert icon
Step 8 – Make the following changes under the section of ‘When there is mixed content on secure (SSL) page”. Users can make changes by choosing any one of the following options in the drop down menu:
- ‘Block all insecure content’: Choosing this option, all insecure images on a page are replaced by broken image icons, and red boxed replace frames and iframes. Nevertheless, by clicking on ‘Show all content’ link present on the top of the page, users can override this setting for some web-pages during their browsing sessions.
- Allow insecure images’: This setting loads all the insecure images on a web-page. However, these insecure images are marked for users’ convenience in spotting them.
- ‘Allow all content to load’: As the name suggests, this setting allows a web-page to load all the web-elements regardless of their security state.
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