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Re: [Patch reminder] Don't verify host name in SSL certs when GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY is set

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2008, 08:35 UTC
Message-ID
<7v7i9onyj9.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<20080907082059.GA26705@glandium.org>
Subject: Don't verify host name in SSL certs when GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY is set
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:10:37 -0800
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> writes:
 > While rebasing old branches on master, I saw that I still had this
 > patch[1] ahead, to which you replied with [2]. I might be guilty of not
 > replying back then, but I think your version should be applied.
 >
 > 1. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=120362183916288&w=2
 > 2. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=120363548506950&w=2
 Thanks.
 Just to make sure we are on the same page and to give other people
 comment on and potentially offer better solution, this is the patch in
 question.
 Next time around, please forward/resend "old patches that should not have
 been forgotten" in the way I am doing here.
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 5925d07..8dce820 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -176,7 +176,16 @@ static CURL* get_curl_handle(void)
 {
 	CURL* result = curl_easy_init();
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, curl_ssl_verify);
+	if (!curl_ssl_verify) {
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+	} else {
+		/* Verify authenticity of the peer's certificate */
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
+		/* The name in the cert must match whom we tried to connect */
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
+	}
+
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070907
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
 #endif
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  1. Don't verify host name in SSL certs when GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY is setMike Hommey, Sep 7, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008

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