Certificate Verification Articles

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4/4/2016 • EN

In Response To Sucuri Security

A technical critique of Sucuri Security's flawed analysis of TLS certificate verification, focusing on errors in their assessment of Python's Requests library.

Certificate Verification Python Requests Library security Tl

Lukasa Echochamber

9/3/2014 • EN

HTTPS Is Not Just TLS

Argues that HTTPS requires certificate verification for security, discussing Python's debate on backporting this fix to version 2.7.

Certificate Verification http Python security Tl

Lukasa Echochamber

3/3/2014 • EN

Apple OpenSSL Verification Surprises

Apple's modified OpenSSL in macOS overrides verification failures and breaks the standard verification callback, potentially creating security risks.

Apple Certificate Verification Openssl security Tl

Hynek Schlawack

7/28/2013 • EN

SSLError and Rubyist, sitting in a tree

A guide to debugging and fixing the common OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError in Ruby, explaining SSL/TLS basics and certificate verification.

Certificate Verification Openssl ruby ssl Tl

Mislav Marohnić

Certificate Verification Articles

In Response To Sucuri Security

HTTPS Is Not Just TLS

Apple OpenSSL Verification Surprises

SSLError and Rubyist, sitting in a tree

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