Packaging Survey

[R. David Murray]

"Werner F. Bruhin" <werner.bruhin at free.fr> wrote:
> Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> > The Python Langage Summit is coming up. To prepare this event, I have
> > put online a survey you can take to tell us a bit more about you and
> > how you package your Python applications.
> > 
> >     * Who should take the survey : any Python developer that packages
> > and distributes his code, no matter how.
> >     * Take the survey: http://tinyurl.com/package-survey
> Get the following error on this link:
> Secure Connection Failed
> 
> mdp.cti.depaul.edu uses an invalid security certificate.
> 
> The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed.
> The certificate is only valid for Massimo Di Pierro
> The certificate expired on 01/03/2009 07:56.
> 
> (Error code: sec_error_expired_issuer_certificate)

The web _really, really_ needs some sort of mechanism for a site
to say "I'm not claiming anything about my identity, I'm just
providing you an https channel over which to talk to me
securely".

I fault the designers of https for this oversight.

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R. David Murray           http://www.bitdance.com