On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:29 AM, LinuxIsOne <reall...@hmamail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Joshua Murphy <poiso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, that's up to whether you trust that issuer not to give out >> certificates to people using falsified credentials, setting up >> phishing sites, etc. Any time you choose to allow a person outside of >> yourself to decide who or what you trust, there's some element of >> risk. That the Gentoo devs trust cacert.org to be their issuer for >> b.g.o. is enough for me to feel that risk is worth it in my case, but >> that's as much as I can really say. > > I am relatively new, so have not fully understood what you say. What's > b.g.o, by the way? And how do I add it in trusted ones? >
An alternative to adding new trust certificates to your machine, consider simply changing the URL when you run into this problem:: Secure: https:// Unsecure but fine for just viewing: http:// HTH, Mark
