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ffissore
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Adds parameter "-k" to every way of calling curl, hence allowing
calling https URLs without checking for the validity of SSL
certificates.
While this makes it a little insecure, nothing else can be done
while keeping the HTTPClient API simple: openwrt does not have a
SSL certificates bundle
Advanced users concerned about security should call "curl" on
their own using Process, supplying parameters such as "--cacert"
Fixes #1860
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calling https URLs without checking for the validity of SSL
certificates.
While this makes it a little insecure, nothing else can be done
while keeping the HTTPClient API simple: openwrt does not have a
SSL certificates bundle
Advanced users concerned about security should call "curl" on
their own using Process, supplying parameters such as "--cacert"
Fixes #1860
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I'm wondering if this should be opt-in by calling a "noCheckSSL()" function or something like that? I'm afraid that passing this implicitely will give users a false sense of security. "Hey, I'm secure, since I'm using HTTPS and it worked right away!"

If insecure, "-k" parameter is added to curl and SSL certificates
are not checked
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Agree. I've added noCheckSSL and checkSSL methods

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Looks good!

cmaglie added a commit that referenced this pull request May 21, 2014
@cmaglie cmaglie merged commit 4d5d0f6 into ide-1.5.x May 21, 2014
@cmaglie cmaglie deleted the ide-1.5.x-httpclient-allow-https branch May 21, 2014 09:24
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