"Tim Landscheidt" <tim(a)tim-landscheidt.de> wrote in message
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Domas Mituzas <midom.lists(a)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)