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The comp.risks Digest SSL cert expired nearly a year ago
- dredmorbius 2y agoComp.risks and the Risks Digest archives have been a prominent feature over all of my computing career. I'd asked in September 2023 what if any continuity plans the group has given its founder turns 93 this year: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37580592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37580592> Apparently the wheels have been coming off for some months now. The page now returns an SSL cert error noting amongst other information, at the link I've submitted: Certificate Validity Not Before: Feb 7 00:00:00 2023 GMT Not After: Feb 7 23:59:59 2024 GMT Wikipedia still points to catless.ncl.ac.uk as the host of the digest: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISKS_Digest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISKS_Digest> Any contacts at Newcastle University know what's going on there? (I've also contacted SRI and PGN's presumed email address.)
- dredmorbius 2y agoPGN replies: <https://risks.org https://risks.org> is broken. The expired cert on that system in Newcastle has been going on for almost a year, and Lindsay Marshall can do nothing because he has retied, and the admins there have been asleep at the wheel. Poke Lindsay. I can do nothing. I've since poked Marshall (not the actress) as suggested.
- dredmorbius 2y agoCuriously, accessing the site through <https://risks.org/ https://risks.org/> succeeds ... ah, because it's an HTTP site, not HTTPS. That redirects to <http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/ http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/> However if I navigate directly to <https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/ https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/> I get the SSL cert issue. (Ongoing discussions with the admin.)