Okular: "Untrusted" or "not certified" certificates are shown as trusted
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ebo
Fri, Jun 12, 3:35 PM
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It seems S/MIME Certificates whose Root -CA was set explicitly to "untrusted" are shown as "trusted" in Okular.
Not certified OpenPGP certificates are shown as "trusted", too.
The screenshot shows an S/MIME certificate where the root CA has no trust:

Obviously, the text has to be "not trusted". Same for OpenPGP certificates which are not certified by oneself or another trusted key.

I believe we should also highlight this, as this is very important information and it is hidden in a dropdown view.

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Version
4win 5.0.2

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To make matters more confusing: For the same test PDFs I get "The signature could not be verified" and "certificate has not yet been verified" on Linux with the vsd 3.3.7 Appimage…

ebo mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Mon, Jun 15, 10:24 AM
ebo renamed this task from Okular: All certificates are shown as trusted to Okular: "Untrusted" or "not certified" certificates are shown as trusted.Mon, Jun 15, 11:28 AM
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