OK, I was thrown off by the following line: > To connect to dss.ucar.edu insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. I guess it's referring to the fact that wget can't verify the security rather than it won't be encrypted.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Tony Lewis <[email protected]> > To: Ben Smith <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:21:30 AM > Subject: RE: [Bug-wget] (no subject) > > Ben Smith wrote in reply to Rodrigo S Wanderley: > > > That might not be a good option as it would now be an insecure connection. > > Obviously, I don't know if that is an issue for this use, but it's > something > > to consider. Unfortunately, I can't help with an alternate solution that > > would use a secure connection. > > The use of --no-check-certificate does not make the session insecure. It > tells wget that you, the user, trust the validity of the certificate > provided by the server even though wget cannot independently verify it. > > All other aspects of the SSL session are processed normally. > > Tony
