From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: sb@dod.no
Cc: 16784@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16784: 24.3; Problems opening NNTP connection: failing starttls because of a non-verified certificate
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:58:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ior8x6h1.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874n2t3ozq.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:48:25 -0400")
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> SB> I would like one of the following solutions:
> SB> 1. The possibility to switch off the attempted upgrade to STARTTLS for
> SB> NNTP connections
>
> I think Lars has to give an opinion here.
I think we should always do encryption, even though we can't do validation.
> So basically customize that variable and add :trustfiles and :hostname
> for the respective verifications, or nil to disable them.
When doing opportunistic upgrades (where the user hasn't asked for the
connection to be encrypted), bothering the user with warnings about not
being able to establish the identity of the server doesn't make much
sense.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-20 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-17 17:50 bug#16784: 24.3; Problems opening NNTP connection: failing starttls because of a non-verified certificate sb
2014-02-18 15:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-03-20 14:48 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-03-20 14:58 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-03-21 10:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-03-21 10:33 ` Steinar Bang
2014-03-24 12:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-08 20:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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