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Late last night (~10 PM UTC), the security certificates for SoylentNews.org expired. (Out-of-date certs result in nasty warning messages being displayed by your browser.)
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience the outage caused.
Unfortunately, that was after I (and others on staff who could do anything about it) had gone to bed.
I had personally updated the certs in the past, but the last time was years ago. (TheMightyBuzzard had previously — and subsequently — handled getting and applying updated certs.) It had been so long that I could not find my notes on the process. (Note to self: it helps to look in the correct directory tree!)
Thankfully, audioguy appeared and was able to get things updated.
Please join me in thanking him for getting things straightened out!
P.S. The current certs are due to expire December 14, 2021, Please feel free to remind us as that date approaches!
P.P.S. The technical staff is aware of various automated solutions to renewals but made a conscious decision to do them manually. Remember that people make mistakes but to really foul things up use a computer!
(Score: 5, Interesting) by digitalaudiorock on Wednesday September 15 2021, @05:21PM (1 child)
Combine that with the fact that the "industry" has decided that we can't buy certs with anything longer than a one year lifetime...because this bullshit apparently wasn't quite annoying enough.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 17 2021, @03:53AM
Limiting certs to a year was because too many old certs were compromised and their contact information was long out of date. Too much set-and-forget-and-retire. A shorter term doesn't eliminate it completely but it limits the impact. Making it yearly also means that the admins can mark a date on their calendar to help them remember.