Handling Browser Security

Handling Browser Security –

1)  Handle FireFox Security

Method-1:

·         Run the selenium test

·         Select "Accept this certificate permanently" when prompted by popup

·         Click on the OK button

·         Open Windows Explorer and navigate to => "C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\customProfileDirxxxx"

·         This is a temparary profile created by Firefox which contains a file called "cert_override.txt"

·         Copy "cert_override.txt" to your temp directory

·         Stop your selenium server.

·         Open your "selenium-server.jar" file from "c:\selenium-remote-control-xxx\selenium-server-xxx" using WinRar

·         Drag "cert_override.txt" file into the "selenium-server.jar\customProfileDirCUSTFFCHROME" folder in WinRar (do not delete or edit anything in the .jar file)

·         Close WinRar, start selenium and try it again :)

Method-2:

·         Navigate your application in firefox.

·         Select "Accept this certificate permanently" when prompted by popup.

·         Copy "cert_override.txt" and "cert8.db" to your temp directory.

·         Create a new directory in any drive. Ex – C:\FFProfile. Paste the above two files under this.

·         Now run the selenium server with below option – java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.3.0.jar –firefoxprofile C:\FFProfile

·         Now it will not show the certificate screen.

2)  Handle IE7 Security

-- Use the below code in your script

if (brw.is_text_present("Continue to this website (not recommended).")):

        brw.click("link=Continue to this website (not recommended).")

        time.sleep(10)