2009/8/28 Sylvain Beucler <b...@gnu.org>: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:23:33PM +0100, Jon Grant wrote: >> Hi Sylvian, thanks for your reply. >> >> 2009/8/28 Sylvain Beucler <b...@gnu.org>: >> [..] >> > The certificate is valid. >> > >> > As written on the homepage: >> > >> > Our https certificate is signed by the CAcert <http://www.cacert.org/> >> > authority, which you can import <http://savannah.gnu.org/tls/>. >> >> CAcert is not shipped with Firefox or IE. Unles you can convince them >> to include the CAcert master signature its a loosing argument.. > > That's in progress.
It's been in progress since 2005 when I last raised it. I dont expect the problem to be resolved in the next 3yrs. meanwhile free software looses out. >> No user I have ever met has installed a CAcert. Therefore every new >> user who comes to your site will see this error, and most of them will >> simply close the window, never to return. > > That only happens if you create an account, and with the SSL option > on. > >> Why not switch to an official SSL cert? I'll even pay for it. > > Because: > - we support CAcert > - we don't want to be dragged into (money-based) over-certification I support CAcert too. should free software loose out in the mean time though? Jon
