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Re: [PATCH] send-email: squelch warning from Net::SMTP::SSL

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Jul 5, 2013, 11:31 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
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> John Keeping wrote:
>> I don't think this is really "fix", it's more plastering over the
>> problem.
>
> It defaulted to SSL_VERIFY_NONE before Net::SMTP::SSL was updated, and
> the behavior hasn't changed now.  The new version simply asks us to be
> explicit about SSL_VERIFY_NONE, so we are aware about it.

"We" as "the Git developers", yes. But your change makes sure users are _not_ aware about it. There's a long history of software ignoring SSL certificates by default, I don't think we should cast in stone that we don't want SSL certificate verification.

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  1. send-email: squelch warning from Net::SMTP::SSLRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 5, 2013
  2. John KeepingJul 5, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 5, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJul 5, 2013
  5. Colin GuthrieJul 26, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2013
  7. Colin GuthrieJul 29, 2013

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