Updated: ca-certificates-2024.2.66_v8.0.302-1

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Sat Jul 13 21:03:04 GMT 2024


On 2024-07-13 14:43, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 2024-06-30 05:31, ASSI wrote:
>>
>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>
>>   ca-certificates-2024.2.66_v8.0.302-1
>>
>> The ca-certificates-letsencrypt package has been removed, since all
>> signatures using the cross-signed certificate chain for Let's Encrypt
>> root servers have long expired.  In other words, the problem this
>> package was solving no longer exists.
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Any chance a cert may have been dropped inadvertently?
> 
> Or some other update I or others may have packaged could have messed up email.
> 
> I can no longer use cygport announce or git send-email via this mail server, but 
> Windows Thunderbird still works!

Have any Let's Encrypt Intermediate certs been dropped?

While Cygwin uses ISRG Root X1 -> R3 -> Cygwin.com my email provider may use 
ISRG Root X1 -> R11 -> hover.com - all valid until later this year or much 
longer - checking if they may use a different email cert chain or CA.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry



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