So anyone can just make up a certificate and do ssl, just as long as anyone
going to the site trusts the unsigned certificate?

Spencer J Sinn <ssinn at qwest.net> writes:

> I get that all the time. The certificate belongs to real-time.com and not mn-linux.org.
> Even if the certificate is not registered, you still perform an encrypted transaction.
> It just means they didn't register that certificate with a Certificate Authority.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 08:42:03PM -0500, Jon Schewe wrote:
> > I just tried going to the mailing list page for TCLUG with Opera and got
> > "Certificate signer not found".  "The server's certificate chain is
> > incomplete, and the signer(s) are not registered.  Accept?"  What's up with
> > that? 
> > 
> > 
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> > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
> > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
> > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
> > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
> > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39
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> Thanks,
> 
> Spencer J Sinn
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Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39