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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using GnuTLS 3.x and certificate checks
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:42:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvehcgpfi1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d2s0xwnv.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:03:16 -0400")

> When interactive, you should be asked if you want to accept a SSL
> certificate unless your function pre-approves it.  So the default
> interactively is 'maybe-ask.  The other question is, if the user
> doesn't answer in 30 seconds, can we take that as a "no" answer?  I
> think the answer is "no, just wait for it."

By default it makes sense to prompt the user, and if she's not available
to reply, just wait until she is.  No need for any special functionality.

> When non-interactive, you can't be asked.  So the default there can be
> 'maybe-ask (what I describe in my question, and make it fail gracefully)
> or 'maybe-reject (unless pre-approved, reject).  It sounds like no one
> wants 'maybe-ask non-interactively.

In batch mode, prompting doesn't make much sense, so better default to
signal an error.


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-05 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-23 14:32 Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits) Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-23 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-23 15:49   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-23 17:49     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-23 19:47       ` Andy Moreton
2013-03-23 20:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-23 20:18           ` Cross-compiling with MinGW on GNU/Linux (was: Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits)) Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-23 20:27             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-24  9:08   ` 64-bit port " cg
2013-03-24 14:00     ` Fabrice Popineau
2013-03-24 15:11       ` 64-bit port cg
2013-03-26 21:05         ` Fabrice Popineau
2013-03-24 15:40       ` 64-bit port (was: Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits)) Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 13:57 ` Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits) Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 17:09   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 20:30     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 20:49       ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26  2:24       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-26  6:34         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 11:10           ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 12:07             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 12:34               ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 13:24                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 16:17                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 16:32                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 17:41   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 18:44     ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-25 19:11       ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 19:46         ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 20:48           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 21:30             ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 21:37               ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 22:02                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 22:07               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26  8:25                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 11:48                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 12:42                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 13:54                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 14:06                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 20:49                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 21:24                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 21:58                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 22:30                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-27  7:24                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 20:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 21:24         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 21:33           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-25 21:35           ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 23:41         ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-26  1:40           ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26  6:42             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26  9:41               ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-26 13:52                 ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-26 14:17                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 15:48                     ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-26 16:07                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 17:38                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 18:13                         ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-26 18:57                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 20:17                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-26 20:34                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27  8:17                             ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-27  8:41                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27  9:34                                 ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-27 10:10                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27 11:35                                     ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-27 12:03                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27 12:57                                         ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-27 13:27                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27 22:03                                             ` rzl24ozi
2013-03-28  6:40                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-27 13:17                                         ` using GnuTLS 3.x and certificate checks (was: Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits)) Ted Zlatanov
2013-04-10 20:35                                           ` using GnuTLS 3.x and certificate checks Christopher Schmidt
2013-05-19  2:57                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-05-19 19:34                                               ` Christopher Schmidt
2013-05-19 22:59                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 15:07                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 15:59                                                     ` Christopher Schmidt
2013-06-05 15:08                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 17:44                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-06-05 18:03                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 18:42                                                     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-06-05 15:13                                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-05 20:55                                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-06 13:06                                               ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-10-07 22:24                                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-10-10 23:20                                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-10-10 23:37                                                   ` Glenn Morris
2013-10-11 13:48                                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-03-26 14:33                   ` Anyone building Emacs trunk with MinGW w64 (32 bits) Eli Zaretskii
2013-03-26 16:56                     ` rzl24ozi

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