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From 1490431e40e22052f75a0b3449f1f53cbd27ba92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 22:53:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Enable SSL by default in HTTP::Tiny
Gbp-Pq: Topic debian
Gbp-Pq: Name http-tiny-ssl.diff
---
cpan/HTTP-Tiny/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cpan/HTTP-Tiny/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm b/cpan/HTTP-Tiny/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
index 5803e4599..88ba51461 100644
--- a/cpan/HTTP-Tiny/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
+++ b/cpan/HTTP-Tiny/lib/HTTP/Tiny.pm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ sub _croak { require Carp; Carp::croak(@_) }
#pod * C<timeout> — Request timeout in seconds (default is 60) If a socket open,
#pod read or write takes longer than the timeout, an exception is thrown.
#pod * C<verify_SSL> — A boolean that indicates whether to validate the SSL
-#pod certificate of an C<https> — connection (default is false)
+#pod certificate of an C<https> — connection (default is true)
#pod * C<SSL_options> — A hashref of C<SSL_*> — options to pass through to
#pod L<IO::Socket::SSL>
#pod
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ sub new {
max_redirect => 5,
timeout => defined $args{timeout} ? $args{timeout} : 60,
keep_alive => 1,
- verify_SSL => $args{verify_SSL} || $args{verify_ssl} || 0, # no verification by default
+ verify_SSL => $args{verify_SSL} // $args{verify_ssl} // 1, # verification by default
no_proxy => $ENV{no_proxy},
};
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ sub new {
timeout => 60,
max_line_size => 16384,
max_header_lines => 64,
- verify_SSL => 0,
+ verify_SSL => 1,
SSL_options => {},
%args
}, $class;
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ C<timeout> — Request timeout in seconds (default is 60) If a socket open, read
=item *
-C<verify_SSL> — A boolean that indicates whether to validate the SSL certificate of an C<https> — connection (default is false)
+C<verify_SSL> — A boolean that indicates whether to validate the SSL certificate of an C<https> — connection (default is true)
=item *
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ Verification of server identity
=back
-B<By default, HTTP::Tiny does not verify server identity>.
+B<By default, HTTP::Tiny verifies server identity.
Server identity verification is controversial and potentially tricky because it
depends on a (usually paid) third-party Certificate Authority (CA) trust model
@@ -2043,16 +2043,14 @@ to validate a certificate as legitimate. This discriminates against servers
with self-signed certificates or certificates signed by free, community-driven
CA's such as L<CAcert.org|http://cacert.org>.
-By default, HTTP::Tiny does not make any assumptions about your trust model,
-threat level or risk tolerance. It just aims to give you an encrypted channel
-when you need one.
-
Setting the C<verify_SSL> attribute to a true value will make HTTP::Tiny verify
that an SSL connection has a valid SSL certificate corresponding to the host
name of the connection and that the SSL certificate has been verified by a CA.
Assuming you trust the CA, this will protect against a L<man-in-the-middle
-attack|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack>. If you are
-concerned about security, you should enable this option.
+attack|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack>.
+
+If you are not concerned about security, and this default causes problems,
+you should disable this option.
Certificate verification requires a file containing trusted CA certificates.
--
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