[Bug-wget] Trying to wget files from IEEE802 document server

[Robert Moskowitz]

This server is open to the public. For example for 802.11 (WiFi), the 
url is:

https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents

Now when I am at the 802 meetings (as I was earlier this week) we have a 
local replicate that I wget the docs from with:

wget -m -nH --cut-dirs=3 --no-parent -R.html 
http://griffin.events.ieee.org/docs/802.15/12/

I have to do this for each of the directories for each of the groups 
that have had updates. A bit more pain that rsync would be, but they 
don't support rsync.

So....

Now that I am home, I want to go to the main server and I tried:

wget -m -nH --cut-dirs=3 --no-parent -R.html 
http://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/12/

And got a warning telling me I needed to use '--no-check-certificate'

So both wget -m -nH --cut-dirs=3 --no-parent --no-check-certificate 
-R.html http://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/12/

and wget -m -nH --cut-dirs=3 --no-parent --no-check-certificate -R.html 
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/12/

gets me:

--2012-05-18 16:44:52-- https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/12/
Resolving mentor.ieee.org... 140.98.193.36
Connecting to mentor.ieee.org|140.98.193.36|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify mentor.ieee.org’s certificate, issued by 
“/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=Terms of use at 
https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA 
- G3”:
Unable to locally verify the issuer’s authority.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2012-05-18 16:44:52 ERROR 404: Not Found.


Now a single URL can be pasted into a browers like

https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/12/15-12-0290-01-0009-tg9-closing-report-may-2012.ppt

(which by the way is one of MY documents that I uploaded to the server) 
and you get a download and open dialog box.

So what am I missing here? Can anyone help me? It would be nice to be 
able to regularly get new documents between the meetings instead of just 
getting what I need then syncing up to get everything when I get to the 
bimonthly meeting.

Oh, if anyone wants the rsync commands to download all the IETF's RFCs 
and Internet Drafts (including expired ones), I can share that tidbit...