Upgrade Needed to Update Root Certificate Authority or My browser certificate is expiring. Certificate Authority Is Expired' when they try to access a secured page. This is only a user interface issue. The SSL session that secures the transaction with the site is not affected.
Users can avoid the dialog box in the future by upgrading their browsers.
Netscape Communicator version 4.05 or earlier, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Macintosh and and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 for Macintosh include root CA certificates that are set to expire at the end of 1999. This is similar to the situation when a credit card expires and the issuing credit card company issues a new credit card. In this case, a user rolls over to a new certificate by upgrading the browser to the most current version, which contains the new Certificate Authority Certificates. Users of Netscape Communicator 4.06 and later and of all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer other than 4.01 for Macintosh or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 for Macintosh will not be affected. Users of Netscape 4.05 or earlier go to Netscape to upgrade your browser.