hp ilo and self-signed certs with firefox 3

A very annoying thing I've encountered is that on our intranet we use to access hp iLOs the iLOs use self signed certs. Using firefox 3 to access these iLOs causes firefox to freak out and initiate a 4 step process to bypass the "unsecure" certificate. I got sick of wasting time for this since we manage hundreds of servers. I found the following plugin the brings the 4 click process down to 1 click:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6843

Obviously (or maybe not), don't use this for a browser that you are using to serf the internet with ... only use it on a browser that you are using to access a secure and private network.

If someone knows of a way to eliminate the "Secure Connection Failed" warning page altogether, please leave a comment and let me know!

class com.hp.ilo2.remcons.remcons.class not found

Working on an HP system I administrate I ran into the following java error message when trying to pull up the remote console in firefox on my linux workstation

• class com.hp.ilo2.remcons.remcons.class not found

What ended up being the solution was removing a cache directory that firefox has (clearing the cache from firefox did not work ...):

• Close All Firefox Windows
  
• cd $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/
• rm -rf Cache

Now start firefox back up and try it again, should be working (or at least it did for me).