[pca] Download host name changed

[Martin Paul]

Hi Jeff (and everybody still reading this),

it’s been a long time since messages popped up on this mailing list :)

I took a look, and it seems as if getupdates.oracle.com <http://getupdates.oracle.com/> still exists, but the SSL certificate is invalid for that hostname:

/usr/bin/wget --progress=dot:binary --ca-certificate=./pca -O /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref "https://getupdates.oracle.com/reports/patchdiag.xref"
--2021-12-14 10:44:10--  https://getupdates.oracle.com/reports/patchdiag.xref
Resolving getupdates.oracle.com (getupdates.oracle.com)... 104.96.155.106, 2a02:26f0:ea:48d::4425, 2a02:26f0:ea:486::4425
Connecting to getupdates.oracle.com (getupdates.oracle.com)|104.96.155.106|:443... connected.
ERROR: no certificate subject alternative name matches
	requested host name 'getupdates.oracle.com'.
To connect to getupdates.oracle.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate’.

I looked at the certificate details of https://getupdates.oracle.com <https://getupdates.oracle.com/> in the browser, and it seems as if the certificate is for peo-eas-esps-prod.oracle.com <http://peo-eas-esps-prod.oracle.com/> and has a lot of alternative names (e.g. updates.oracle.com <http://updates.oracle.com/>), but getupdates.oracle.com <http://getupdates.oracle.com/> is missing in this list, and the certificate is therefore not valid for that hostname.

Unfortunately Don O’Malley doesn’t seem to work for Oracle anymore, but back in 2018 he told me about two other guys working for the patch team. I contacted them, let’s see if they can get the certficate fixed so PCA would work out of the box again.

Until then, everybody still using PCA can use Jeff’s workaround.

Best,
Martin.


> Am 10.12.2021 um 16:59 schrieb Jeff Wieland <wieland at purdue.edu>:
> 
> The hostname for downloading patchdiag.xref appears to have changed
> from getupdates.oracle.com to updates.oracle.com.
> 
> Of course you can fix this by adding the following to your .pca file:
> 
> ohost=updates.oracle.com
> 
> --
> Jeff Wieland, UNIX Systems Administrator
> Purdue University IT Infrastructure Services UNIX Platforms
> 
> 

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