It's not just ww.gutenberg.org. That's an example of what happens no 
matter what site I try to use wget on.  About the truststore, how do I 
add to or update it?  I decided to ask for help after trying to install 
openwebrx following the instructions here. 
https://www.openwebrx.de/download/ubuntu.php  Also I found out today 
that something similar happens with youtube-dl.  I tried to use it today 
and this is what happened.   Youtube-dl works if I use the 
--no-check-certificate option.

$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW3XQDDGhA4
[youtube] VW3XQDDGhA4: Downloading webpage
WARNING:Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: 
CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate ver
ify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1131)>
[youtube] VW3XQDDGhA4: Downloading API JSON
ERROR:Unable to download API page: <urlopen error [SSL: 
CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate veri
fy failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1131)> (caused 
by URLError(SSLCertVerifica
tionError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify 
failed: unable to get local issuer
certificate (_ssl.c:1131)')))



On 9/16/22 17:33, James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> check out the verification of the cert chain.  it works for me with a 
> new build of 20.04, so it might be that you need to add or update your 
> truststore.
> openssl s_client -connect www.gutenberg.org:443 
> <http://www.gutenberg.org:443> < /dev/null | openssl x509 -text -noout
>
> up there at the top, this is what it looks like when it works
> depth=2 C = US, ST = New Jersey, L = Jersey City, O = The USERTRUST 
> Network, CN = USERTrust RSA Certification Authority
> verify return:1
> depth=1 C = US, ST = VA, L = Herndon, O = Network Solutions L.L.C., CN 
> = Network Solutions OV Server CA 2
> verify return:1
> depth=0 C = US, ST = Utah, L = Salt Lake City, O = Project Gutenberg 
> Literary Archive Foundation, CN = *.gutenberg.org <http://gutenberg.org>
> verify return:1
> DONE
>
> I can see that i have that usertrust network cert in /etc/ssl/certs, 
> so all is good.  if i had to add one i'd have then run 
> update-ca-certicates.
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 2:17 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss 
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>     This has been bugging me for a while, but today it's annoying me
>     to the point I want to fix it.  Wget gives me an error whenever I
>     try to use it.  I have no problem getting files using a web
>     browser.  Here's an example. Using firefox I was able to download
>     the file, but this can be a pain in the butt when I'm trying to
>     add a repository.  I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed.
>
>
>     $ wget https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68992.epub.images
>     --2022-09-16 14:08:02--
>     https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68992.epub.images
>     Resolving www.gutenberg.org <http://www.gutenberg.org>
>     (www.gutenberg.org <http://www.gutenberg.org>)... 152.19.134.47,
>     2610:28:3090:3000:0:bad:cafe:47
>     Connecting to www.gutenberg.org <http://www.gutenberg.org>
>     (www.gutenberg.org
>     <http://www.gutenberg.org>)|152.19.134.47|:443... connected.
>     ERROR: cannot verify www.gutenberg.org's
>     <http://www.gutenberg.org's> certificate, issued by ‘CN=Network
>     Solutions OV Server CA 2
>     ,O=Network Solutions L.L.C.,L=Herndon,ST=VA,C=US’:
>      Self-signed certificate encountered.
>     To connect to www.gutenberg.org <http://www.gutenberg.org>
>     insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.
>
>     Any idea how to fix this?  thanks
>
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