Re: [Fwd: [Bug 20250] freedesktop bug database uses certificate signed by CA not recognized by Mozilla]

[Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net>]

On 04/13/2009 07:05 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> Anything to do here?  Get a free SSL certificate from GoDaddy maybe?

What about getting Mozilla to accept CACert?


Hub

> behdad
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Bug 20250] freedesktop bug database uses certificate signed by
> CA not recognized by Mozilla
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bugzilla-daemon freedesktop org
> To: sitewranglers lists freedesktop org
>
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20250
>
>
> Reed Loden <reed reedloden com> changed:
>
> What |Removed |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED
> Resolution|WONTFIX |
>
>
>
>
> --- Comment #2 from Reed Loden <reed reedloden com> 2009-04-13 08:21:26
> PST ---
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > It's a cost thing. fd.o is predominately a volunteer organisation. If
> > your
> > willing to pay for the certificate then we're happy to fulfill your
> > request.
>
> There's actually several ways to get valid SSL certificates for free...
>
> * GoDaddy gives open source projects *free* SSL certificates
> (https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl_opensource.asp).
>
> * StartSSL (https://www.startssl.com) has fully valid *free* SSL
> certificates
> that work in most browsers (not IE).
>
> Both of the above options are better than the current usage of CAcert.org,
> which is not trusted by any major browser, so I'm reopening this bug.