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Hack5190

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Oct 21, 2015
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Mozilla, aka Firefox, aka TenFourFox ships with it's own list of Certification Authority (CA) certificates.

Safari depends on the system list supplied by Apple. Apple no longer updates this list (at least for the PPC) and the latest version included with WebKit is from OS-X 10.9.

So I copied the needed files from an install of macOS Sierra v10.12.1, zipped them up and wrote the below quick directions on how to update yours.

1> Download the new files from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z8qs465q5cihqj/RootCertificates.zip?dl=0
2> Unzip
3> Open terminal and cd to /System/Library/Keychains
4> Become root (hint: sudo sh)
5> Rename (or move) the following files
SystemRootCertificates.keychain
SystemTrustSettings.plist
X509Anchors
X509Certificates.obsoleted (note: this file may or may not exist)​
6> Replace the above listed files with the versions you just downloaded and un-zipped
7> Confirm the owner and file rights are correct (hint: ls -l)
8> Reboot for the new files to be read and take effect

Please note: This was done for my use on my G5. I'm sharing it with the PPC community without any claims of usability and without warranty o_O
 
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