GNU bug report logs - #19404
25.0.50; Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane

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Message #22 received at 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#19404: 25.0.50;
 Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:28:05 +0200

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: dgutov <at> yandex.ru,  19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:06:10 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Nope.  It's a self-signed certificate.  Press "A" to accept.
> >
> > Really?  How can you tell it's self-signed?
> 
> Because I installed it myself.  :-)

OK, let me rephrase: How can a user, a mere mortal, like myself or
Dmitry, tell that this certificate is OK, while the one I was
presented in my problem is not?

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