on rsync.samba.org, there's an SSL-certificate pointing to a berlin dancer website?

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Mon Dec 9 22:48:21 UTC 2024


If you load the link as http instead of https it works and has the 
content that I am pretty sure is supposed to be there though it could 
use some CSS to make it less ugly.

Otherwise, it appears to be a misconfiguration on the web server as both 
of those names resolve to the same IP address.


On 12/9/24 17:11, Peter B. via rsync wrote:
> Hi everyone :)
> 
> On the [official website regarding rsync mailing lists](https:// 
> rsync.samba.org/lists.html), the text contains a link:
> 
> "but please [read this before posting]"
> 
> Which points to:
> https://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 
> Which throws a "bad_domain_error" SSL error, listing 
> "www.animadance.org" as (domain) subject name of the certificate. The 
> Website "animadance.org" is a personal website of a Berlin dancer.
> 
> 
> I assume this is not the intended behavior?
> When I "accept the risk and continue", I do get to the article by Eric 
> S. Raymond :)
> 
> 
> 
> I can provide additional information or screenshots if necessary, but 
> I've tried with 2 browsers (but not on 2 systems yet, so it may still be 
> my machine).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Peter B.
> 




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