Certificat expired for debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com

VF2 Lite (EN）
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I recently received my VF2 Lite with Ubuntu preinstalled on the eMMC. Unfortunately, today apt is reporting problems when accessing the repository https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/ubuntu, because its certificate expired.

Err:5 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/ubuntu starfive-ubuntu InRelease                                                                                                                                                               
  Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses expired certificate.  Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification. [IP: 121.46.248.1 443]
Err:6 https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/VF2-Lite VisionFive2 InRelease                                                                                                                                                                 
  Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses expired certificate.  Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification. [IP: 121.46.248.1 443]

Please replace the certificate (Maybe use something automated like let’s encrypt).

Thank you very much

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Temporarily close during update https://debianrepo-t.starfivetech.com/ubuntu It has no updated content.
After updating, open it again.

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Ubuntu2404 for VF2(VF2Lite) Safety hazard

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Is it reserved for future use?

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I don’t quite understand what you’re saying?

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I mean is this repo reserved for use with future updates or it is totally useless and can be safely removed from apt’s settings?

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This repository has been established for 2 years, originally created for Debian for VF2.Recently added support for ubuntu2404 for vf2 (vf2lite).
Yesterday I conducted an experiment and wrote about it in the article. If this repository does not exist or cannot be connected to, Continuing to use Ubuntu 24.04 for VF2 and VF2l will pose security risks.

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The problem is solved, certificate is valid again.

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They do use LetsEncrypt, but the cert expired on the 16th, so either the automated process is broken or they do it manually.

I’m waiting for it to get updated too…