At Sat, 18 Mar 2023 06:04:52 -0700 Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for point these situations out Ken! The reason I joined the > GnuCash-User mailing lists was because I sent a link to an acquaintance > that does bookkeeping professionally and he texted back that the website > was down, he then did a Google search and tried the GnuCash result on > his own and that link didn't work either, and he then goes on to tell me > that this is why he doesn't trust open source projects with his business > or his clients' business. It was pretty embarrassing for me and I have > hesitated to refer any possibly interested professionals that I meet to > GnuCash since. > > I can confirm the certificate error for website #1. It looks like > gnucash.org uses Let's Encrypt (https://letsencrypt.org/) as the > certificate authority and the certificate was valid from December 12, > 2022 until March 11, 2023. My understanding was that Let's Encrypt was > free, so that might mean that it just has to be renewed/reauthorized...? Let's Encrypt uses a program "certbot" which is supposed to automagically renew the certificate. It does try to verify the domain it is for by visiting the website. Since there was a webserver config problem (the redirect config was broken), it is likely that the automagical renewal failed... > > I can confirm that website #2 still lists the "Apache2 Ubuntu Default > Page" error for the non-https/secure gnucash website. I believe that > John mentioned that Linas upgraded his server in January and that broke > this feature and it has not been fixed since. > Yes, this webserver config error needs to be fixed. Once it is fixed, the Let's Encrypt certbot program will be able to renew the certificate, which will fix the https://www.gnucash.org error. > I also see Gnucash website #3 as working well. I can see that that > website also uses Let's Encrypt as the certificate authority and that > certificate is valid from March 5, 2023 until June 3, 2023. > > I also noticed that website #1 & #2 has 2 "Subject Alt Names" > (gnucash.org & www.gnucash.org) on that certificate, while website #3 > has just 1 (code.gnucash.org). Yes, this is a "normal" thing. Almost all www.xxx.yyy hostnames refer to the same logical host as xxx.yyy -- eg while commonly normal websites start with www, most also work without the 'www.'. > > After briefly reading a few of the mailing list messages on US > banks/credit unions that are not allowing their transaction to be > downloaded/available in an open format, I have also wanted to start > emailing various financial institutions about whether they intend to > make such a format available. I would still need to further review the > formatting situation described in the email chains before I start asking > around and then opening an account at such a financial institution, but > if the main GnuCash website still doesn't work, it is hard to write such > emails at all. > > Brad > > > On 3/17/23 11:00, Ken Pyzik wrote: > > So checking websites statuses today: > > > > https://www.gnucash.org - privacy/certificate error > > http://www.gnucash.org - Default appache2 page > > https://code.gnucash.org/website - working perfectly. > > > > As noted - this has been an issue since 11 February. The https:// was > > working at one point a couple of weeks ago -- but now it is not. > > > > FYI -- Ken > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gnucash-user<gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=outlook....@gnucash.org> On > > Behalf Of John Ralls > > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2023 3:40 PM > > To:gnucash-annou...@lists.gnucash.org > > Cc: gnucash-devel<gnucash-de...@gnucash.org>; Gnucash > > Users<gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > Subject: [GNC] Temporary Website URL > > > > As most everyone already knowswww.gnucash.org has been offline since 11 > > February because Linas Vepstas lost internet access and his ISP, Grande > > Networks in Austin, TX, has not fixed it. > > > > To provide replacement service until Linas gets back online we've set up an > > alternate site,https://code.gnucash.org/website/. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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