Delete printer remotely, firefox: cannot communicate securely

[Chris Martin]

> Chris Martin wrote:
> > cups-1.2.1-r2 on Gentoo 2006.0
> >
> > The server is set up (using local administration) to allow remote administration. On trying to delete a printer from another machine (running the same version of CUPS on Gentoo 2006.0 as well), the messages
> >
> > "426 Upgrade Required
> >
> > You must access this page using the URL https://192.168.1.36:631/admin/?op=delete-printer&printer_name=EPL6200."
>  > ...
>
> You need to create an encryption certificate.  It sounds like Gentoo
> is using OpenSSL instead of GNU TLS, so you'll need to run:
>
>     openssl req -new -x509 -keyout /etc/cups/ssl/server.key \
>          -out /etc/cups/ssl/server.crt -days 365 -nodes
>
> to create a self-signed SSL encryption key and certificate.
>
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com

Thank you for your swift reply. Looking at the forums, you must be under some pressure so it's a double thank you.

This worked perfectly, it would have taken me a long time to read up about certificates — even if I had known what I needed.