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: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, deng <at> randomsample.de
Subject: bug#19404: 25.0.50; Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:46:02 +0200

> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:20:13 +0200
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> CC: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>, 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 12/19/2014 02:11 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> 
> > There's quite a few self-signed sites out there where that's not the
> > case, though.
> 
> "certificate’s issuer is not known" would be fine in this case.

"certificate’s issuer is not known or couldn't be verified" is even
better.

> Users shouldn't rely on "self-signed" as some proof of validity anyway.

Agreed.

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