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#26835
26.0.50; url-retrieve no longer raises certificate errors
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Reported by: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:44:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: security
Found in version 26.0.50
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #27 received at 26835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 19:48:32 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 26835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, aaronjensen <at> gmail.com
>
> > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> > Cc: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>, 26835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 16:24:13 +0200
> >
> > >> (setq gnutls-verify-error t)
> > >> (url-retrieve-synchronously "https://wrong.host.badssl.com/")
> > >>
> > >> In Emacs 25.2, this causes an error to be thrown when you use
> > >> url-retrieve, in 26, it silently proceeds.
> > >
> > > That's because we now perform GnuTLS negotiation asynchronously,
> > > without blocking.
> >
> > (As an aside, perhaps url-retrieve-synchronously should be opening the
> > socket with :nowait nil?)
>
> Yes, I had a similar thought while I was reading the code.
>
> > Good analysis. I'll try to have a look at this soonish (and make it
> > report the error properly) unless somebody else beats me to it.
>
> Thanks.
Ping! Lars, any news on this issue?
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