[Rd] r-project.org SSL certificate issues

[Bob Rudis]

Yep. It should switch to Let's Encrypt with the automated cert renewals ASAP.

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 4:17 PM Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On macOS 10.15.5 and R-devel:
>
> > download.file("https://www.r-project.org", tempfile())
> trying URL 'https://www.r-project.org'
> Error in download.file("https://www.r-project.org", tempfile()) :
>   cannot open URL 'https://www.r-project.org'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In download.file("https://www.r-project.org", tempfile()) :
>   URL 'https://www.r-project.org': status was 'SSL peer certificate or
> SSH remote key was not OK'
>
> https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest says:
>
> COMODO RSA Certification Authority
> Fingerprint SHA256:
> 4f32d5dc00f715250abcc486511e37f501a899deb3bf7ea8adbbd3aef1c412da
> Pin SHA256: grX4Ta9HpZx6tSHkmCrvpApTQGo67CYDnvprLg5yRME=
> Valid untilSat, 30 May 2020 10:48:38 UTC (expired 8 hours and 51
> minutes ago)   EXPIRED
>
> AFAICT this is the reason:
> https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-technologists/incommon-sectigo-certificate-service/addtrust-external-root-expiration-may-2020
>
> FYI,
> Gabor
>
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