How to handle a self-signed SSL Security Certificate warning in Internet Explorer
Jackson Ridenour
posted this on August 08, 2011 13:59
Synopsis:
This guide explains how to get past the Security Certificate warning screen in Internet Explorer.
Applicable to:
Trying to access an application with an unsigned security certificate.
Prerequisite:
None.
How to:
Login to Janova
Select which application is to be tested
Go to the Pages tab in the navigation bar
Click on the create New Page button
Name the Page File "Certificate"
Click Save
In the Element Name textfield enter "Contine to this website"
Change the Element Type to a Link
The Location Method should be set to "id" by default
Enter "overridelink" into the Location String textfield. This was located using the element inspect tool Firebug provided by the Firefox browser. For more information on inspecting elements please see our tutorials that correspond to each browser: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari
Click on Save
Go to the Features tab in the navigation bar
Select which Feature and Scenario will need this syntax or create a new Feature and/or Scenario
Click View Steps
Click Add Step
In the drop down select or type the option for "Click an element if it exists"
Enter "Certificate" into the page textfield
Enter "Continue to this website" in the element textfield