From d1b0174f7215f0c0242b2a44f3a048b3a9ef9900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Schauder <jens.schauder@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:09:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add note to readme about MITM attacks.

---
 readme.adoc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/readme.adoc b/readme.adoc
index 66f9fbf..9b816e5 100644
--- a/readme.adoc
+++ b/readme.adoc
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The <<pre-release,*Pre-Release tasks*>> and <<post-release,*Post-Release tasks*>
 
 The <<build,*Build and publish the release*>> phase is what's covered by the CI server.
 
+Note many steps of the release process use SSL connections. If you are "using" a tool that performs a MITM attack on SSL connections by adding extra root certificates in your browsers but not in the Java keychain, the process will fail with some error indicating the inability to establish a secure conection.
+
 [[pre-release]]
 === 🍃 Pre-Release tasks