"Tim Landscheidt" tim@tim-landscheidt.de wrote in message news:m3skfsna0i.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de...
Domas Mituzas midom.lists@gmail.com wrote:
I know what happens when self-signed certificate is used. Why the heck is that an issue with wikitech.wikimedia.org wiki?
Because when you access URI:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/, it will bark :-). Would not all references to wikitech.leuksman.com have been advertizing the HTTPS access (and the Google ratio is still about 55900:209 :-)), I would not care. But IMVHO *if* HTTPS requests are served, that should be done "properly".
Firefox, for example, gives a very scary notice if you visit that address. I for one would not trust anything for which such a scary notice was generated, even if I trust the owners of the site (as I do here). The message indicates that the site may have been compromised, and that is too much of a risk to take these days.
IE gives a less scary message, but it still very firmly informs you: "close this webpage and do not continue to this website". Again, not a message I would ignore.
Seriously, unless you are intentionally trying to scare people away from the site, then this should be fixed.
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)