pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/modules/SSLExceptions.jsm

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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+"use strict"
+
+var Cc = Components.classes;
+var Ci = Components.interfaces;
+var Cu = Components.utils;
+
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/PrivateBrowsingUtils.jsm");
+
+this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["SSLExceptions"];
+
+/**
+  A class to add exceptions to override SSL certificate problems. The functionality
+  itself is borrowed from exceptionDialog.js.
+*/
+function SSLExceptions() {
+  this._overrideService = Cc["@mozilla.org/security/certoverride;1"]
+                          .getService(Ci.nsICertOverrideService);
+}
+
+
+SSLExceptions.prototype = {
+  _overrideService: null,
+  _sslStatus: null,
+
+  getInterface: function SSLE_getInterface(aIID) {
+    return this.QueryInterface(aIID);
+  },
+  QueryInterface: function SSLE_QueryInterface(aIID) {
+    if (aIID.equals(Ci.nsIBadCertListener2) ||
+        aIID.equals(Ci.nsISupports))
+      return this;
+
+    throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;
+  },
+
+  /**
+    To collect the SSL status we intercept the certificate error here
+    and store the status for later use.
+  */
+  notifyCertProblem: function SSLE_notifyCertProblem(socketInfo, sslStatus, targetHost) {
+    this._sslStatus = sslStatus.QueryInterface(Ci.nsISSLStatus);
+    return true; // suppress error UI
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Attempt to download the certificate for the location specified to get the SSLState
+    for the certificate and the errors.
+   */
+  _checkCert: function SSLE_checkCert(aURI) {
+    this._sslStatus = null;
+
+    let req = Cc["@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlhttprequest;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIXMLHttpRequest);
+    try {
+      if (aURI) {
+        req.open("GET", aURI.prePath, false);
+        req.channel.notificationCallbacks = this;
+        req.send(null);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // We *expect* exceptions if there are problems with the certificate
+      // presented by the site.  Log it, just in case, but we can proceed here,
+      // with appropriate sanity checks
+      Components.utils.reportError("Attempted to connect to a site with a bad certificate in the add exception dialog. " +
+                                   "This results in a (mostly harmless) exception being thrown. " +
+                                   "Logged for information purposes only: " + e);
+    }
+
+    return this._sslStatus;
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Internal method to create an override.
+  */
+  _addOverride: function SSLE_addOverride(aURI, aWindow, aTemporary) {
+    let SSLStatus = this._checkCert(aURI);
+    let certificate = SSLStatus.serverCert;
+
+    let flags = 0;
+
+    // in private browsing do not store exceptions permanently ever
+    if (PrivateBrowsingUtils.isWindowPrivate(aWindow)) {
+      aTemporary = true;
+    }
+
+    if (SSLStatus.isUntrusted)
+      flags |= this._overrideService.ERROR_UNTRUSTED;
+    if (SSLStatus.isDomainMismatch)
+      flags |= this._overrideService.ERROR_MISMATCH;
+    if (SSLStatus.isNotValidAtThisTime)
+      flags |= this._overrideService.ERROR_TIME;
+
+    this._overrideService.rememberValidityOverride(
+      aURI.asciiHost,
+      aURI.port,
+      certificate,
+      flags,
+      aTemporary);
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Creates a permanent exception to override all overridable errors for
+    the given URL.
+  */
+  addPermanentException: function SSLE_addPermanentException(aURI, aWindow) {
+    this._addOverride(aURI, aWindow, false);
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Creates a temporary exception to override all overridable errors for
+    the given URL.
+  */
+  addTemporaryException: function SSLE_addTemporaryException(aURI, aWindow) {
+    this._addOverride(aURI, aWindow, true);
+  }
+};