[R-SIG-Mac] Bioconductor Security Certificate

[elw at stderr.org]

the ssl certificate on the archives at stat.math.ethz.ch is a 
privately-generated certificate.  that doesn't mean that there's anything 
wrong with it, just that it isn't something that is "trusted" by the 
keychains that come preloaded with your browser.

--elijah


On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Loren Engrav wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:00:10 -0800
> From: Loren Engrav <engrav at u.washington.edu>
> To: RMacHelp <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Bioconductor Security Certificate
> 
> Strange
>
> Same thing happens on my kids Windows computer
>
> I guess I do not understand as I do several secure websites per day and do
> not see this message
>
> I thought a certificate on my computer checks the certificate on the sending
> computer, if they match, page passes, if they do not match, message comes up
> indicating potential trouble, so to go to a secure page I must install the
> proper certificate, but I have no certificate for Bio nor can I find one
>
> So I asked <bioconductor-owner at stat.math.ethz.ch> what to do...
>
> Thank you
>
> Loren Engrav
> Univ Wash
> Seattle
>
>
>
>> From: Sean Davis <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:21:52 -0500
>> To: Loren Engrav <engrav at u.washington.edu>
>> Cc: RMacHelp <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Bioconductor Security Certificate
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2007 6:04 PM, Loren Engrav <engrav at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>> Am
>> using MacOS 10.4.11 and Safari 3.0.4
>> but same happens with Firefox
>> 2.0.0.9
>>
>> When I go to
>>
>> <http://www.bioconductor.org/docs/mailList.html>
>>
>> And click on ³web
>> interface² at the line "Subscribe to or browse this list
>> through the web
>> interface."
>>
>> I get the message
>>
>> You have attempted to establish a
>> connection with "'www.stat.math.ethz.ch".
>> However, the security
>>
>> certificate presented belongs to "stat.ethz.ch". It is possible, though
>>
>> unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your communication with>
>> this web site.
>>
>> If you suspect the certificate shown does not belong to
>>
>> "www.stat.math.ethz.ch" please cancel the connection and notify the site
>>
>> administrator.
>>
>> How do I fix this?
>
> This is normal with a connection to a
>> secure website.  Bioconductor
> does not maintain the website at
>> stat.ethz.ch.
>
>> Thank you
>>
>> I tried to find a Bioconductor web
>> administrator and failed
>
> This is not a problem and is not a bioconductor
>> problem.  All web
> browsers on all systems should behave something like
>> this.
>
> Sean
>
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