Safari Does Not Allow Access to Web Sites With Wildcard X.509 Certificates

I'm really getting irritated with the Safari browser in OSX Mavericks.  One of the more irritating features involves the inability to access web sites that use improperly constructed wildcard X509 certificates.  By improperly constructed, I mean that the X.509 certificate does not contain the host name of the system being accessed in the Subject Alternate Name list.
Earlier versions of Safari would, at least, allow me to examine the X.509 certificate and determine whether I wanted to proceed with the connection.  The current version of Safari doesn't provide that option.  It simply displays a screen stating that it can't establish a secure connection to the web site.  If you actually have a need to access the web site, you need to use a web browser like Firefox.
What's really irritating about this is that Safari had improved to the point where it was reliable enough to be used as the default browser.
Is there a Safari.plist setting that will allow me to change the behavior of Safari when it encounters an improperly constructed X.509 certificate and provide me the opportunity to examine the certificate to decide whether to proceed or not?

Hi
Have a look in your Networks panel in System Preferences. Click on the Advanced button, then Proxies. There may be an errant proxy present blocking the site load.

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