Bug#798033: www.debian.org: get.debian.org rejects HTTPS connections, but redirects to HTTPS site

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 06:15:46PM -0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * The Wanderer <[email protected]> [2015-09-04 12:17]:
> > When I connect to http://get.debian.org/ in a Web browser, I am
> > redirected to https://www.debian.org/CD/, which is a HTTPS site.
> > However, the initial connection attempt is made over HTTP, and is
> > potentially subject to external observation.
> > 
> > When I connect to https://get.debian.org/, I get a near-instant
> > "connection refused" or "failed to connect" error.
> 
> > Initial testing seems to indicate that the same basic behavior occurs
> > with cdimage.debian.org, which is the old name for the service now
> > provided by get.debian.org.
> 
> debian-admin: can you help with this?

$ host get.debian.org
get.debian.org is an alias for ftp.acc.umu.se.

Carbon copying Niklas Edmundsson (maswan).

Niklas, I can get provide an X.509 certificate.

Let me know,

Luca