Expired certificates on doc packages links in gnucash.org website.

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 8, 2016, at 2:47 AM, Jim DeLaHunt <from.gnucash at jdlh.com> wrote:
> 
> GnuCash.org admins:
> 
> I am getting an SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE from the documentation links on the gnucash.org web site. Firefox reports the certificates as having expired on 2. June 2016, six days ago.
> 
> The GnuCash Documentation page on the website, <http://gnucash.org/docs.phtml>, contains links to:
> 
> *
> 
>   The Help Manual <http://gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help>
> 
> *
> 
>   The Tutorial and Concepts Guide
>   <http://gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=guide>
> 
> When I click on either of these links, Firefox displays a message in the frame where the document should appear. It reads,
> 
>   Your connection is not secure
> 
>   The owner of www.gnucash.org has configured their website
>   improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox
>   has not connected to this website.
> 
>   Learn more…
> 
>   www.gnucash.org uses an invalid security certificate.
> 
>   The certificate expired on June 2, 2016 at 12:43. The current time
>   is June 8, 2016 at 02:42.
> 
>   Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE
> 
> The URL for the frame is an https:, not http: protocol. The containing page is plain http, not https. Interestingly, the originating links are plain http, not https.
> 
> I can reproduce this problem using Firefox 46.0.1 or Safari 9.1.1, both on Mac OS X 10.10.
> 

We know about this and have been trying to contact the owner of the site since last week, so far to no avail. 

The docs are included in the GnuCash app bundle, just select Help>Tutorial and Concepts Guide or Help>Contents and the corresponding manual will open in your default browser.

Regards,
John Ralls