Startup error: "Self signed certificate in sertificate chain"

iMic · July 3, 2018, 10:59am

I see this error message every time I start Etcher:

    self signed certificate in certificate chain
    Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain at TLSSocket.<anonymous> (_tls_wrap.js:1088:38) at emitNone (events.js:86:13) at TLSSocket.emit (events.js: 188:7) at TLSSocket._finishlnit (_tls_wrap.js:610:8) at TLSWrap.ssl.onhandshakedone (_tls_wrap.js:440:38)

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imrehg · July 3, 2018, 8:08pm

Hi, are you behind a proxy by any chance? It looks like you might be, and the proxy might inject itself into the network communication.

iMic · July 4, 2018, 10:18am

Yes, I use proxy autoconfig URL but switching it off doesn’t help.
But when I added Etcher to Kaspersky Internet Security white list, the problem disappered.

imrehg · July 4, 2018, 10:21am

Glad to hear that it is solved for now. We still keep looking into this, what exactly was going on. We know of a few cases, when anti-virus software erroneously marked Etcher as a threat, and had to file for a correction with the vendor, if I recall correctly.
Thanks for the report! Hope Etcher will serve your burning needs well!