GNU bug report logs - #16784
24.3; Problems opening NNTP connection: failing starttls because of a non-verified certificate

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: sb <at> dod.no

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: sb <at> dod.no
Cc: 16784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16784: 24.3;
 Problems opening NNTP connection: failing starttls because of a
 non-verified certificate
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:43:00 -0500

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:50:32 +0100 sb <at> dod.no wrote: 

s> Entering news.gmane.no nntp groups in gnus fails on Windows, because it
s> tries to upgrade the connection using STARTTLS and fails because the
s> news.gmane.org certificate is self signed.

Steinar also posted some suggestions in the original thread:

SB> I would like one of the following solutions:
SB>  1. The possibility to switch off the attempted upgrade to STARTTLS for
SB>     NNTP connections
SB>  2. The possibility to tell GNU-TLS not to be so stringent about
SB>     certificate verification

I'll respond as soon as I'm able :)

Ted
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