Firefox v27.0 Secure Connection Failed (sec_error_no_token)

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Hi everyone,

I am using openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) in my laptop and my Firefox is the latest v27.0 from the repository (through YaST). I am currently getting a Secure Connection Failed problem (Error code: sec_error_no_token) when I try to do a google search or access gmail.

Screenshot:
http://postimg.org/image/3waedo9fl/

I initially suspect it is only for google services but found the same problem for other https sites (not all though). Http sites are ok. I think it has something to do with https. I tried the following:

1.) Remove and reinstall firefox; reboot
2.) Reinstall firefox and delete .firefox from /home folder
3.) Used the following browsers for isolation: Chrome, Chromium, Opera -> all are ok on google and https sites
4.) Reset my firefox via Help > Troubleshooting Information
5.) Safe mode via Help > Restart with Add-ons disabled.
6.) Change the Network Proxy Settings of the browser (No proxy, auto, manual) -> changing it doesn’t help
7.) Enable/Disable OCSP from Certificates > Validation
8.) Delete all history, cache etc and reboot
9.) Also check if ssl is open and found ok
10.) Disable firewall

Nothing works. I tried searching for sec_error_no_token but cannot find a definite solution. I really do not know what else to check. Hope someone can help me.

Thanks in advance!

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(Sorry for double posting… I cannot find the Edit button)

EDIT
Hi everyone, it looks that the problem got fixed. I don’t know how though. I was trying a lot of things and cannot pinpoint what triggered the fix.

  • Certificates change to Select one automatically
  • Play around with Validation > Use OCSP
  • Delete google.com from Certificate > Servers - didn’t work so I imported it back
  • Deleted the cert8.db from profile, restart firefox
  • Try safe mode again

Hope this helps anyone who might be experiencing the same issue. Thanks!

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Thanks for sharing this with us. This could be helpful if the error occur in future. :good:

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Exactly the same problem, by remove the .mozilla folder will let things working, but some kind of later, same happens.

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I found and tested this fix, it works.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2800721

Edit: look for erickidc’s post

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I had the same problem. My solution was to download the latest Firefox archive from mozilla.org, extract it and copy the content of the folder “firefox” to /usr/lib/firefox/ Of course, you need root access

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Hello,

this is an old thread. However, since I had the same issue recently, and found another solution, I though I will share it for the community.

Following these steps: http://superuser.com/questions/826232/how-to-bypass-the-secure-connection-failed-warning-in-firefox-33

I did the following:

  1. Opened about:config
  2. Set security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts = www.domain.com (www.domain.com is the domain you have issues with.)
  3. I changed - just in case - security.tls.version.fallback-limit from 3 to 1
  4. Finally I changed security.tls.runrestricted_rc4_fallback from false to true
  5. I did have to restart Firefox (simply reloading the page as said in the original post did not work.)
  6. That’s it

I am not sure which or if all of point 2 - 4 fixed the issue. I am fairly sure, simply adding a fallback host did solve it, but I am not sure. Since there have been several pages with this issue, I have to check if they are solved too. IF NOT, I will have to see if I can add additional hosts to the file and if that fixed it. Either way, this way it will be a definitive answer, which part solved the puzzle.

Cheers,

Ben