Re: Fedora home server using core 9

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On Tuesday 02 September 2008 13:36, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 12:03 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > I must say I was fairly unimpressed with the error I got
> > when browsing to the suggested URL,
> > <https://www.scientificlinux.org/>.
> > I know there was some sort of explanation given for this,
> > and probably a solution; but I am rather lazy,
>
> You're likely to see that sort of thing a bit more often, now, as
> various free projects see the need to use HTTPS, but can't afford the
> high prices charged to get certificates that will be recognised by
> browsers straight away.  They'll get cheaper, or free, certificates
> which you'll need to work out for yourself whether they're trustworthy
> by okaying them one at a time, or by adding a root certificate from
> whomever countersigned theirs.
>
> The average HTTPS website that "just works" for you has paid a lot of
> money to someone like Verisign to assert that they're who they claim to
> be, and your browser came with root certificates for Verisign (to let
> the browser trust Verisign).  Some just can't afford to do that.

Can't afford to buy a certificate? Scientific Linux webadmins? Those who are 
backed up by institutions like Cern and Fermilab (which spend billions of any 
currency one can think of)? Oh, come on... :-)

If their webadmins have put https instead of http, I'd bet it is because of 
encryption capabilities, and if they wanted a certificate from Verisign or 
elsewhere I am sure they could afford one. I seriously doubt they are 
interested in https because of potential hoax sites (not saying that they 
should not worry about hoaxes, though).

:-)
Marko

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