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From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: 16791@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16791: w3m fails to do any SSL certificate checking
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 21:20:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160103022030.GA16788@jasmine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ha7wol02.fsf@netris.org>

I looked into how Debian does it. They bundle a configuration file that
sets the correct options.

If you download the "debian" file [0], which includes all of their
packaging for w3m, you can view the file at 'debian/w3mconfig'.

The relevant option is "ssl_verify_server", and it must be set to "1" in
order for w3m to perform verification.

Example with a domain whose certificate is expired:
$ w3m -o ssl_verify_server 1 fmrl.me

Do we ever bundle configuration files in this manner?

Can a wrapper set command-line variables?

I will investigate whether these options can be set at build time.

I don't think we should ship a browser in this state, even if users are
able to configure it properly after installation. w3m is used by other
programs like mutt to render html "under the hood".

[0]
http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/w3m/w3m_0.5.3-26.debian.tar.xz

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-01-03  2:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-18  8:58 bug#16791: w3m fails to do any SSL certificate checking Mark H Weaver
2014-02-18 19:23 ` Andreas Enge
2014-02-18 19:32   ` Andreas Enge
2016-01-03  2:20 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2016-01-04  6:19   ` Leo Famulari
2016-01-04 19:12     ` Leo Famulari
2016-01-04 23:35     ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-05 16:32       ` Leo Famulari
2016-01-08  4:55         ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-10 21:16           ` Leo Famulari

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