From: David B. <dav...@gm...> - 2011-03-16 02:15:15
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Hi, Alioth uses self-signed security certificates, so you get these scary-sounding warnings. The Alioth admins have been aware of the situation for some time, and eventually it may get fixed, but Alioth is a completely unpaid volunteer operation. I can assure you that these really are our authentic packages (which is most of what the SSL certs would tell you - the browser warnings don't involve a check for viruses or malware). In the meantime, you can either: 1. Trust us and download from Alioth despite the warnings (you would have to trust in any event that we are honest folks who haven't put anything evil into our official packages). or 2. Go to SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net) where the identical packages are available for download. Unlike Alioth, SourceForge is run by a real company that has a budget for things like paid-for third-party SSL certificates, so you won't get these warnings there. Just search for "tuxmath" or "tuxtype" on the SourceForge site. Note that sometimes I don't get the SF.net sites updated for a while after a new release, but at the moment both tuxmath and tuxtype are current. I really wish this problem would go away. This is probably the 20th "tuxmath is infected!!!!!!" mail I have gotten due to this ssl thing. Hope that helps, David Bruce |