xenial: same steps as last comment.
reproduction using d-i version 20101020ubuntu451.26 ~ # wget http://github.com/ --2018-12-19 20:15:36-- http://github.com/ Resolving github.com... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112 Connecting to github.com|192.30.253.113|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://github.com/ [following] --2018-12-19 20:15:36-- https://github.com/ Connecting to github.com|192.30.253.113|:443... connected. ERROR: cannot verify github.com's certificate, issued by 'CN=DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA,OU=www.digicert.com,O=DigiCert Inc,C=US': Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority. To connect to github.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. verification of fix using d-i version 20101020ubuntu451.27 ~ # wget http://github.com/ --2018-12-19 20:18:37-- http://github.com/ Resolving github.com... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112 Connecting to github.com|192.30.253.113|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://github.com/ [following] --2018-12-19 20:18:37-- https://github.com/ Connecting to github.com|192.30.253.113|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: 'index.html' index.html [ <=> ] 78.22K --.-KB/s in 0.04s 2018-12-19 20:18:37 (1.82 MB/s) - 'index.html' saved [80096] ** Tags removed: verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: sts-sponsor sts-sponsor-ddstreet -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807023 Title: installer stock images fail to validate any HTTPS certificates (ca- certificates missing) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian-installer/+bug/1807023/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs