On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:39 AM, t.petch <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SM" <sm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "t.petch" <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "IETF Discussion" <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: https > > >> Hi Tom, >> At 00:18 26-08-2011, t.petch wrote: >> >Besides all the usual hassle of TLS, today the certificate is >> >reported by IE as >> >expired, which sort of sums it up. >> >> Already reported to ietf-action@. >> >> Regards, >> -sm >> >> P.S. My experience of ietf-action@ is that they are responsive and do >> fix problems that are reported. > > Yup, but why are we using https at all? Who decided, and please would they > undecide? Unexpired certificates can be circumvented, but all too often, the > https parts of the web site just do not work and, more importantly, I think it > wrong to use industrial grade security where none is called for. The mail archives (and the minutes of the physical meetings) are the official record of the Working Groups, IETF, etc. Those archives should be available with a reasonably high level of integrity and authenticity. Thanks, Donald ============================= Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx > Tom Petch > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf