[GTALUG] FSOSS 2018 registration

[Giles Orr]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 10:44, Giles Orr <gilesorr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 09:24, Giles Orr <gilesorr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 06:03, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <
>> talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The registration page just went up.
>>>
>>> - Oct 25 & 26  (Thursday and Friday)
>>>
>>> - early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15.  $75 for non-students,
>>>   non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.
>>>
>>> - seems to be at the Seneca @ York campus (I had heard that they were
>>>   going to be moved; maybe next year)
>>>
>>> - for the first time it will be on the subway!
>>>
>>> I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended.  I recommend it.
>>>
>>> You can even give a talk!
>>>
>>
>> Before I submit credit card payments I run the Qualys test against the
>> host:
>>
>> https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca
>>
>> This shows that they're still using Symantec certificates.  Symantec
>> certs are untrusted: I'm surprised and disappointed that Firefox didn't
>> point this out.  I'm well aware of the whole Symantec certificate problem,
>> as it's something that my business has tracked and worked through for about
>> a year.  It's a known problem Seneca should have fixed.  I've complained to
>> the FSOSS email address about this: I would encourage others to A) not
>> submit credit card info over an untrusted link, and B) let Seneca or FSOSS
>> know what the problem is.
>>
>
> Chris Tyler responded - almost immediately - that the cert replacement is
> in process, and should be completed before the Early Bird pricing runs out
> (October 15).
>

And the problem now appears to be fixed:
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca (the
two sites now draw a "B" rating).

-- 
Giles
https://www.gilesorr.com/
gilesorr at gmail.com
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