[AktiviX-discuss] Why is the security certificate bad?
andy baxter
andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Sun Dec 2 18:30:49 UTC 2007
Thanks - this answers my question - I'll pass the information on to the
person concerned.
andy.
Paul M wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 17:21 +0000, andy baxter wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>
>> You have kindly just set up an email list for me, for discussion on
>> mental health issues (evolvingminds at aktivix.org). Thanks for this, but
>> I've had a query from someone who wants to join the list who is worried
>> because her browser is telling her that the site's security certificate
>> is bad. She wants to subscribe but isn't willing to look at the site
>> when there is a box telling her there's a problem. Personally, I just
>> ignore these messages, as I'm not sure what these certificates really
>> count for anyhow, but she isn't willing to do this, so I wanted to ask
>> if someone could say why this is happening?
>>
>
> It isn't a bad certificate just one not recognised by her browser.
>
> The certificate is issued by cacert.org a new community driven
> certifying authority that issues free certificates, in contrast to
> commercial certificate authorities which typically charge hundreds of
> dollars for a certificate (the one I use at work charges £128 for 1
> year). It is a relatively new organisation and while the root
> certificates have been excepted by several linux/unix distributions they
> are not yet bundled with any browsers though the are moves to include it
> with mozilla/firefox.
>
> More information on cacert on wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAcert.org
>
> It is possible to remove the warning if you decide to trust cacert.org
> to sign certficates (and I do) by installing the root certificate.
> Go to:
> http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3
>
> and click on the one of the links at the top (PEM format) then follow
> your browsers instructions.
>
>
> Paul M
>
>
>> I've suggested that she
>> subscribe either through email, or else by asking me to do it for her,
>> so the problem isn't urgent, but probably should be sorted out at some
>> point.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> andy baxter.
>>
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