On 11/09/2010 03:45 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Guy, :-) > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 18:13, Guy Voets <nimant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You have asked SeaMonkey to connect securely to bugs.freedesktop.org, >> but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. >> >> Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted >> identification to prove that you are going to the right place. >> However, this site's identity can't be verified. >> >> What Should I Do? >> If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could >> mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't >> continue. > > It's happening because the project is using a free certificate > provider (http://cacert.org). Cacert is not configured in most > browsers as one of the "trusted providers". However, technically, > their certificates do their job just fine. It's a "political" thing. > Certificates are sold by corporations such as Verisign for quite a lot > of money, and the big boys don't like a free provider like Cacert > spoiling their otherwise-captive market. Don't worry, you can accept > the certificate and add it to your browser's list of trusted > providers. Neither Cacert nor the bug tracker site is trying to scam > you. > > I've seen this question posted before a few times, so I'll post this > answer in a dedicated thread. HTH. > > David Nelson >
It's not purely political... http://wiki.cacert.org/InclusionStatus Still having issues: === bugs.freedesktop.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate does not come from a trusted source. The certificate is only valid for <a id="cert_domain_link" title="bugs.freedesktop.org">bugs.freedesktop.org</a> === Even when the certs are already installed: http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 per http://wiki.cacert.org/BrowserClients Cleared & reinstalled the certs & lo & behold: ==== bugs.freedesktop.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate expired on 11/19/2010 08:23 PM. (Error code: sec_error_expired_certificate) ==== Not valid after: 11/19/2010 20:23:04 (11/20/2010 04:23:04 GMT) Had to make a temporary exception (again) in order to post to: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20250 [Bug 20250 - freedesktop bug database uses certificate signed by CA not recognized by Mozilla] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
