[Bug 769354] [NEW] elinks accepts self-signed ssl certificates without warning

[Steve Beattie]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: elinks

elinks accepts self-signed certificates without warning or raising an
error. Sadly, this is a regression that got introduced somewhere between
hardy and karmic. With hardy's version (0.11.3-5ubuntu2):

  # elinks -dump   -eval 'set connection.ssl.cert_verify = 1' https://alioth.debian.org/account/login.php
  ELinks: SSL error

with karmic and newer:

   # elinks -dump   -eval 'set connection.ssl.cert_verify = 1' https://alioth.debian.org/account/login.php
   Link: [1]Alioth - Project News Highlights RSS (alternate)
   Link: [2]Alioth - Project News Highlights RSS 2.0 (alternate)
   Link: [3]Alioth - New Projects RSS (alternate)
   Link: [4]Alioth (search)

   [5]FusionForge Home [[6]_______] [7]_____________        [9]Log In [10]New
                       [8][ Search ]                        Account

 [11]Home  [12]My Page   [13]Projects   [14]Code Snippets   [15]Project Openings
[OUTPUT SNIPPED]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: elinks 0.12~pre5-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-server 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 22 22:15:39 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110211)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elinks
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: elinks (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty

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Title:
  elinks accepts self-signed ssl certificates without warning