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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#19404: 25.0.50; Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:30:09 +0200

> From: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
> Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  larsi <at> gnus.org,  dgutov <at> yandex.ru
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:40:56 +0100
> 
> I see now that :self-signed is mapped to
> GNUTLS_CERT_SIGNER_NOT_FOUND.

Then the text we produce is misleading, IMO.

> http://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#gnutls_005fcertificate_005fstatus_005ft
> 
> It simply means: "The certificate’s issuer is not known. This is the
> case if the issuer is not included in the trusted certificate list."

I suggest that we say something like this, indeed.

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