Re: curl server certificate verification failed for a few sites

[Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu>]

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Hi Jack,

thanks for your help!
...and sorry if this is not Guix specific

Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> writes:

[...]

> I think that this is due to the recent AdTrust Root CA cert expiration 
> [0]. The error wget gives is a little bit better, but you know about the 
> situation to interpret it correctly:
>
> """
> $ wget "https://voices.transparency.org" -O /dev/null
> --2020-06-04 10:37:29--  https://voices.transparency.org/
> Resolving voices.transparency.org (voices.transparency.org)... 
> 52.4.225.124, 52.4.240.221, 52.1.119.170, ...
> Connecting to voices.transparency.org 
> (voices.transparency.org)|52.4.225.124|:443... connected.
> ERROR: The certificate of ‘voices.transparency.org’ is not trusted.
> ERROR: The certificate of ‘voices.transparency.org’ has expired.
> """

oh I see, I get this error also... but I do not understand the different
behaviour with what I see in Firefox (from Debian) or ungoogled-chromium
(from Guix): using one of those browsers the certificate is valid, the
certificate viewer shows that the root in cert hierarchy is "USERTrust
RSA Certification Authority"

The section in [0] titled "Certificate Chain Diagram" states:

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A legacy browser or older device that does not have the modern
“USERTRust” root would not trust it and so would look further up the
chain to a root it does trust, the AddTrust External CA Root. A more
modern browser would have the USERTrust root already installed and trust
itwithout needing to rely on the older AddTrust root.

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I do not fully understand why curl and wget return error while Firefox
and ungoogled-chromium not

[...]

> Therefore, I think the fix is for voices.transparency.org to update the 
> certificate chain/bundle that they are sending.
>
> [0]
> https://support.sectigo.com/Com_KnowledgeDetailPage?Id=kA03l00000117LT

this page states:

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Will my certificate still be trusted after May 30, 2020?

Yes. All modern clients and operating systems have the newer, modern
COMODO and USERTrust roots which don’t expire until 2038.

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Thanks! Gio'

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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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