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Download.oracle.com has invalid SSL Certificate
1 points by LE_BAGEL_DOGUE 4410 days ago
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside when I'm downloading something that could be potentially used to compromise my machine. Why is Oracle CNAMEing the Akamai servers?

https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u5-b13/jdk-8u5-macosx-x64.dmg

> dig download.oracle.com

download.oracle.com. 300 IN CNAME download.oracle.com.edgesuite.net.

download.oracle.com.edgesuite.net. 13909 IN CNAME a1961.d.akamai.net.

a1961.d.akamai.net. 20 IN A 184.50.26.9

a1961.d.akamai.net. 20 IN A 184.50.26.11