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May 17, 2007

EPIC Alert

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Posted on May 17, 2007 at 11:31 AM • 8 Comments

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jeff • May 17, 2007 12:11 PM

How come I'm getting invalid certificate authority messages when I go to that site . . .

One would think

mutt • May 17, 2007 12:37 PM

@jeff:

> How come I'm getting invalid certificate authority messages when I go to that site . . .

One would think

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And they issued it to themselves, so it's not like they have to go to a lot of trouble ...

bjimba • May 17, 2007 1:47 PM

It would be nice if they could make this an RSS feed.

Stefan Wagner • May 17, 2007 1:56 PM

Jeff, whom do you trust?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXU7z2_6Jg

Josh • May 17, 2007 1:58 PM

Sign up for a security mailing list through a self signed expired certificate? Is this a test to see if we're paying attention to everything Bruce has been telling us over the years?

pointfree • May 17, 2007 5:09 PM

Really - certificates are so overrated. The only real benefit to most end users is that some degree of encryption is used to convey the data between two essentially arbitrary endpoints. If you are relying on the certificate to in some way validate the authenticity or veracity of the information you are viewing, well, no then you haven't been paying attention to Bruce over the years.

David • May 17, 2007 8:02 PM

Another vote for an RSS feed.

Pavel • May 18, 2007 7:49 AM

@PointFree

You make an excellent point. In this particular case, I'd argue that the amount of attention someone paid to the security certificate (it only expired 5 months ago) is, arguably, indicative of the amount of care and attention given to other parts of the site. Something as inconsequential as, say, veracity of information presented or other trivial things.

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