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Re: [Debian-NYC] [Debconf10-localteam] CIRCULATE



Michael Schultheiss wrote:
> Gabriella Coleman wrote:
> > On 07/22/2010 09:41 AM, Clint Adams wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 09:16:42PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > >> I posted it on craigslist:
> > >> http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eve/1856125032.html
> > > 
> > > This is not specific to the craigslist ad, but a third-party observer
> > > theorizes that going to the schedule URL will result in the
> > > "general public" saying "oh, my browser says there is a certificate
> > > problem, i guess i shouldnt' look at this website cuz i don't want to
> > > get a virus".
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Never thought of that... what should we do?
> > 
> > I am not going to contact Nate Westheimer until we resolve this if it is
> > resolvable.
> 
> The quickest way to resolve it would be to purchase a "real"
> certificate.  A no cost way of resolving would be to instruct users to
> install SPI's CA certificate into their browser, but that may be too
> challenging for the general public.

Another no cost way would be to just not redirect the schedule to the
https side.  That's probably the easiest thing to do to alleviate the
certificate warnings.

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