[CentOS] projects.centos.org - certificate has expired

Tue Aug 21 15:22:29 UTC 2012
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

John Doe wrote:
> From: Greg Bailey <gbailey at lxpro.com>
>
>> On 8/21/2012 7:39 AM, John Doe wrote:
>>>  From: Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de>
>>>>  Just FYI
>>>>  I guess, you could also run your own CA and sign stuff yourself.
>>>>  After all, your RPMs are also self-signed ;-)
>>>  But that means the browsers will complain until each user permanently
>>> adds this untrusted certificate manually... which might be no big deal if
>>> only a few ttech savy people are using this sub-domain...
>>>  If CentOS is "rich", a wildcard certificate costs around
>> $120/year,  maybe cheaper...
>>
>> Or $0/year at startssl.com...
>
> "In the Class 1 settings (free), the only possible relationship between
> StartCom and the subscriber is with individuals"
> Now, is CentOS more of an individual than a company...?

Silly question: would they *donate* one? Or check out root CA's that use
CentOS, and ask? (Sorry, I can't remember whether Trustwave, who I did a
short-term contract for in '09, used RHEL or CentOS).

       mark