Outdated SSL Certificate for https://www.gnucash.org

[Xavier Lagraula]

Hm. No. This is not what I meant. I am well aware of the arguments you are
making here. My problem is not that I trust my browser more than my own
judgment. My problem is that I know no practical and reasonable way to
apply my judgement, and I must make do with what my browser will allow.

To be precise I have tried with both the latest stable versions of FF and
Edge, and neither allowed me to set an exception in the usual way. Maybe I
could have lowered my security settings, but I question the relevance of
such a choice. The fact that *I*, as an I.T. security consultant, may be
able to find how to do it and live with the consequences, does not
necessarily make it a reasonable course of action for everyone.

Best regards,
  Xavier Lagraula

Le jeu. 16 juin 2016 à 10:24, Wm <tcnw81 at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> a écrit :

> [FYI: This is a copy of a message posted to
> <news:gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.user> Message-ID:
> <18s9ggyewa15n.dlg at tcnw81.tarrcity.invalid>]
>
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:20:27 +0000, in gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.user,
> Xavier Lagraula <detunizedgravity at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The issue here is that, given how the site is configured, modern browsers
> > will not allow the user to set an exception on the invalid certificate.
> In
> > my case, for example, I am completely unable to access the pages behind
> > HTTPS. I don't know if I could reconfigure my browsers unsafely to make
> it
> > work, but I do not want to anyway.
>
> The problem is that you believe your modern browser (you don't say which
> one it is) more than yourself.
>
> Those of us that have been around for a few years no how to fix *that*
> problem, produce a browser without security or only perceived necessary
> security and see what happens.
>
> FYI, my modern browser (and I expect the vast majority in use around the
> world) does allow me to override the bum certificate because I, as an
> individual, am sure about what I am doing.
>
> If you are uncertain that is different to your browser being uncertain.
>
> --
> Wm
>
>
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