Why does Firefox 31 fails to access websites with self-signed certificates ?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Not able to access network devices or web pages that use self-signed certificates.
  • Fails with below error message
sec_error_ca_cert_invalid

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,7
  • firefox-31.1.0-5.el6_5

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