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com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc want to sign using key "Apple ID Authentication (date, time) in your keychain

I get this communicate all the time:


com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc want to sign using key "Apple ID Authentication (date, time) in your keychain


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Please help, it is incredibly annoying, it appears all the time if I allow or deny.

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 4, 2013 11:59 AM

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Sep 24, 2014 8:06 AM in response to jbsjax

We experience it with our Exchange-2010 Server when accessing OWA with Safari.


I tried the SSL Settings with IGNORE but it did not help. Only removing the apple-Certificate (com.apple.idms.appleid.prd...) from the key-chain helps for a moment until the certificate is introduced again (wihout asking for permission!)


Any other ideas on how to get rid of this. Of course we could instruct our users to not use iCloud at all.


Rosario

Sep 25, 2014 1:54 AM in response to Bruno.

In our case it comes as soon as you start using iCloud. If you are logged in as an admin, then the certificate (com.apple.idms.appleid.prd...) gets into the keyChain without asking for permission. And Safari tries to use this certificate to access any other web-page you might call. But strangely, if you are logged in with a normal user account, you do not have the problem at all. I guess the keyChain might be locked or in that case the certificate goes into the correct container where it does no harm or where it can be used for iCloud access only. I would have to verify and test this latter case.

Rosario

Nov 19, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Youraveragemo

Same here. There were employer sites in Top Sites that required a VPN to access. When the VPN was disconnected, Safari could not contact them. It proposed a solution (signing) that would not have helped (so you may as well click Deny).


Removing the "unhappy" sites from Top Sites (as Youraveragemo did) partially solved it. But when the number of Top Sites shown (say, 6 or 12) is less than the number of Top Sites known (up to 24), unseen unhappy sites could lurk or creep in later.


Solution: In Safari > Preferences, change the number of Top Sites shown to 24. In History > Top Sites, remove every unhappy site (click its X icon). Pin every "happy" site (click its white pin icon to make it blue). If this leaves fewer than 24 sites, you may need to repeat the process a few times during the next several weeks until 24 Top Sites are pinned and none of them are unhappy.


For general instructions for using Top Sites and Favorites, see this Apple article.

Nov 24, 2014 9:14 AM in response to No Modes

To clarify my previous post: When "Safari > Preferences > General > Safari opens with" is set to "All windows from last session", the error message can appear after I quit and reopen Safari if any page "inside the VPN" tries to refresh when the VPN is not connected. The Top Sites fix does not address this or similar situations. I always click "Deny" because other responses yield no benefit and a very small but nonzero risk.

Jan 7, 2016 5:36 PM in response to The People's Paparazzi

I have this problem with Safari when trying to use personnel sites as a USAF Reservist. I don't have the option of not using the sites. I have to use a CAC reader and my smart card ID to access the sites. Safari consistently ignores my ID plugged into the reader and simply asks me if I want to use that Apple ID certificate. Whether I select "Allow" or "Deny" the result is the same. Access denied and no option to use the certs on my card.


Unfortunately deleting the offending certificate doesn't work for me. Neither does removing all vestiges of apple or iCloud related sites from my bookmarks and favorites in Safari.


I can use my card semi-successfully with Chrome but due to browser compatibility issues, I can't use the controls on one of the critical websites.


How do I stop Safari from resorting to that **** certificate? Is there no way to purge the thing from the browser?

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