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Re: Mistaken HTTPS link in http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
From: |
Tim Van Holder |
Subject: |
Re: Mistaken HTTPS link in http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/ |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:08:47 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) |
Carsten Clark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The main Bison page at http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/ contains an
> HTTPS link to the Bison Savannah repository that I think should be a
> plain HTTP link:
>
> <p>
> Test versions of Bison can be found on
> <a
> href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bison/">ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bison/</a>
> [via FTP]. The latest bleeding-edge version of the source code, along
> with a revision history, can be found in the
> <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/bison/">Bison
> Savannah repository</a>.
> Please note that we do not suggest using Bison sources from these
> locations for production use.
>
> Following the HTTPS link, my browser (Safari) complains about lack of a
> certificate. If I use HTTP, I get the same page without the certificate
> warning.
No, it complains about the lack of a VALID certificate, because it is
a self-signed certificate (Issued By: Savannah Hackers) (plus, it
expires in a couple of days). So the https link is not wrong as such.
However, I agree that there is no real reason to use a https link on
the bison site when a http works just fine (and is less likely to cause
undue hassle for visitors).