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

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Message #28 received at 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 
 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19404: 25.0.50;	Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning
 when connecting to Gmane
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:56:24 +0200

On 12/18/2014 07:28 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 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?

Web browser vendors have simply decided that a self-signed certificate 
is never okay. That's why I'm surprised by the answer to this report.

Also because obtaining a properly signed certificate is relatively easy 
these days.

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