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