Thanks for the explanation.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM V Stuart Foote <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2025-07-09 17:16, jomali wrote:
> > The correct website is https://www.libreoffice.org/
> > I would avoid the others, since they are likely to be scammers
> > pretending
> > to be from libreoffice.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM Dave Howorth <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 16:29:13 +0000
> >> Schno Sannes <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> > My update information led to "websites.libreoffice.org" but the
> >> > certificate on your website shows only "website.libreoffice.org". Is
> >> > this a maleware copy or is it legit? Greetings
> >>
> >> You need to be more precise.
> >>
> >> If I go to https://websites.libreoffice.org my browser says I have a
> >> secure connection and the certificate it displays is valid for the
> >> site
> >> and also for whatsnew.libreoffice.org
> >>
> >> If I go to https://website.libreoffice.org/ my browser says I have a
> >> secure connection and the certificate it displays is a different one,
> >> valid for that site and many others.
> >>
> >> So what exactly are you doing?
> >>
>
> Both are valid, the websites.libreoffice.org and website.libreoffice.org
> .
>
> Believe the actual landing page for OP was
> https://whatsnew.libreoffice.org/25.2/ and it uses the
> 'websites.libreoffice.org' signature.
> This web based delivery of a "What's new" page was a TDF approved
> LibreOffice implementation.
>
> IIUC the signatures for these TDF sponsored webpages are now CMS managed
> (Silverstripe) and receive a common SSL/TSL root signature issued via
> "Let's Encrypt" (by ISRG) a reputable certificate authority to be
> trusted.
>
> The sites covered under a certificate will be listed in the "Certificate
> Subject Alternative Names" stanzas, and are managed by the certificate
> owner (TDFs LibreOffice project).
>
> An older CMS implementation (also Silverstripe) uses a different
> 'libreoffice.org' signature. The website.libreoffice.org is listed as an
> alternative name for that server.
>
> Your browser will allow you to examine the CN common name and
> alternatives.
>
> The whatsnew site offering is new, but nothing to be overly concerned
> with.
>
> --
> Stuart
>

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