"Tim Landscheidt" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Domas Mituzas <[email protected]> wrote: >> I know what happens when self-signed certificate is used. >> Why the heck is that an issue with wikitech.wikimedia.org wiki? > > Because when you access > <URI:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/>, it will bark :-). > Would not all references to wikitech.leuksman.com have been > advertizing the HTTPS access (and the Google ratio is still > about 55900:209 :-)), I would not care. But IMVHO *if* HTTPS > requests are served, that should be done "properly".
Firefox, for example, gives a very scary notice if you visit that address. I for one would not trust anything for which such a scary notice was generated, even if I trust the owners of the site (as I do here). The message indicates that the site may have been compromised, and that is too much of a risk to take these days. IE gives a less scary message, but it still very firmly informs you: "close this webpage and do not continue to this website". Again, not a message I would ignore. Seriously, unless you are intentionally trying to scare people away from the site, then this should be fixed. - Mark Clements (HappyDog) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
