Re: I/O Error: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:58:27AM +0200, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@dsd.sztaki.hu> wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 12:48:20PM +0800, gnu ware <waregnu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Target: https://waregnu.gicp.net/
> > 
> > I/O Error: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building
> > failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable
> > to find valid certification path to requested target
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm attaching two patches to fix this problem.
> 
> The first one just updates dependency versions, so that a clean cvs
> checkout actually builds again.
> 
> The second patch enables two dummy handlers to allow sites with
> self-signed (and maybe without a matching common name) certificates as
> well. If Google indexes those sites, there is no reason the CSS
> Validator refuse them... :)

Hi,

Opinions? Is there any hope this could be part of CVS so that the
average user will be able to validate https urls?

Thanks.