Any way to get rid of certificate error using Netgear/Jalbum

This thread has not been helpful to me thus far. I have simple questions that need simple answers (please help!)

1. Is there a way I can implement Jalbum without using https? (like use http only?)

2. What settings are required to make this happen? For both the router and NAS?

I don't know to to SSH nor do I want to risk trying. I just want to rid these certificate errors and the "secure and nonsecure item" prompt each time I go through a photo.

Thanks in advance! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year Everyone!

1. Generate the certificate to the same name as you are accessing your ReadyNAS as a website.
2. From IE7 take Tools -> Internet Options -> Security Tab -> Trusted Sites -> Sites and add the full URL to you ReadyNAS as a website.
3. Exit out of the administration tool and the log back in.
4. Right click on the <Certificate Error> usually in red at the top of the browser.
5. Take View Certificate
6. Take Install Certificate. Follow the instructions but be sure to place the certificates in "Trusted Certificates" foulder. By default it will try to place the certificate in the personal folder... to not allow this to happen, you must manually force it into the trusted certificates folder.
7. Exit and then go back in. You should go directly to a login-prompt with no certificate errors.

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Hi; very new to this, I've tried all of the fixes described in previous posts, but continue to get the certificate error in IE7.
My issue is on an NV+ and a Windows XP Pro machine, not sure of what Jalbum is or if my issue is unrelated to the one described.
Any guidance would be appreciated.

Are you using a name or IP address to access the NAS?

What is the exact error that IE is giving you? Is it saying that the certificate is invalid or the wrong name or not trusted?

Thanks; I'm using https://hostname/user.
The error is 'Mismatched Address'. Currently the certificate is being 'Issued by' and 'Issued to' with the IP for the ReadyNAS.
I.ve tried changing this to both the IP for the PC as well as the IP for the the internet connection from my gateway. I got different errors on one of these indicating that the certificate was invalid as it was 'self-signed'.
When I look in IE7 Security setting I can see the certificate in the 'Trusted Root Certifcates', but continue to get the error.

If you are accessing the NAS via a name and the certificate is generated based on the IP there will be a name mismatch. If you go into Frontview and go into "Standard File Protocols" under services. Under the HTTPS section place the name you are using to access the NAS in the "SSL key host" and click on the "Generate New Key". When you next access the web interface accept the certificate and trust it and you should be good to go.

Charles, THANK YOU.
Your direction has resolved my problem.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Take Care; PRC.

hybern8 wrote:

1. Generate the certificate to the same name as you are accessing your ReadyNAS as a website. 2. From IE7 take Tools -> Internet Options -> Security Tab -> Trusted Sites -> Sites and add the full URL to you ReadyNAS as a website. 3. Exit out of the administration tool and the log back in. 4. Right click on the <Certificate Error> usually in red at the top of the browser. 5. Take View Certificate 6. Take Install Certificate. Follow the instructions but be sure to place the certificates in "Trusted Certificates" foulder. By default it will try to place the certificate in the personal folder... to not allow this to happen, you must manually force it into the trusted certificates folder. 7. Exit and then go back in. You should go directly to a login-prompt with no certificate errors. 8)

this works fine for me - great stuff, much appreciated, it's been bugging me for months.

I realize that this post is almost 2 years old, but I could not find any newer topics on this subject. I was unable to create a certificate with alternative names using the provided instructions.

In order to generate a certificate with subject alternative names I had to first create a CSR (certificate signing request):

apache-ssl -f /etc/frontview/apache/httpd.conf

Then I could self sign the CSR:

openssl x509 -req -days 7200 -in readynas.csr -signkey readynas.key -out readynas.crt -extensions v3_req -extfile readynas.cnf

You do not need to restart the NAS, you just need to restart apache:

killall apache-ssl
apache-ssl -f /etc/frontview/apache/httpd.conf

Re: Any way to get rid of certificate error using Netgear/Jalbum

by hybern8 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:23 am

1. Generate the certificate to the same name as you are accessing your ReadyNAS as a website.
2. From IE7 take Tools -> Internet Options -> Security Tab -> Trusted Sites -> Sites and add the full URL to you ReadyNAS as a website.
3. Exit out of the administration tool and the log back in.
4. Right click on the <Certificate Error> usually in red at the top of the browser.
5. Take View Certificate
6. Take Install Certificate. Follow the instructions but be sure to place the certificates in "Trusted Certificates" foulder. By default it will try to place the certificate in the personal folder... to not allow this to happen, you must manually force it into the trusted certificates folder.
7. Exit and then go back in. You should go directly to a login-prompt with no certificate errors.

Thanks, This answer helped me with this specific problem