Re: TLS Handshake failure

"Mathias Spoerr" <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:24:49 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.cryptlib
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Peter,

Thank you again for your fast response!
> Hmm, this kinda defeats the point of using a certificate, which is to
verify that the host that you're connecting to is the one that you're
supposed to be connecting to. 
> If you want to disable the checking you can set
CRYPT_SSLOPTION_DISABLE_NAMEVERIFY for the CRYPT_SESSINFO_SSL_OPTIONS
attribute, i.e.
> cryptSetAttribute( cryptSession, CRYPT_SESSINFO_SSL_OPTIONS,
CRYPT_SSLOPTION_DISABLE_NAMEVERIFY );
> but this will then make you vulnerable to MITM attacks.
In this case it does not matter if the certificate is valid or not - I only
want to collect system settings from IP phones for inventory purposes. The
webpage is only accessible via HTTPS and no login in needed...

Regards,
Mathias


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