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ASF GitHub Bot commented on HTTPCLIENT-1752:
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Github user simonetripodi commented on the issue:

    https://github.com/apache/httpclient/pull/56
  
    @tmaret I have to think a little on how to wire internal component in order 
to implement your idea - if it is not an urgent constraint, I'd defer that 
"feature" once the pull is merged in the codebase - WDYT?
    Thanks a lot for your hint, really appreciated!


> Allow to configure the OSGI clients with relaxed SSL checks
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1752
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1752
>             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: HttpClient
>    Affects Versions: 4.5.2
>            Reporter: Timothee Maret
>            Assignee: Simone Tripodi
>             Fix For: Future
>
>         Attachments: HTTPCLIENT-1752_initial.patch
>
>
> In deployments other than production (e.g. dev, qa, integration testing, 
> etc.) it is often useful to deploy self-signed certificates instead of 
> certificates signed by a trusted CA for cost and simplicity reasons.
> By default, the http client does not validate a self signed certificate 
> because it is not signed by a trusted CA root. 
> One way to have the http client to validate the self signed certificate is to 
> add the self-signed certificate (or the detached CA root that signed it) in 
> the java trustore.
> This operation is a configuration only change (no need to change code) 
> however it typically requires accessing the FS and the scope of trust can't 
> be easily modified at runtime.
> Another way to have the http client to validate the self signed certificate 
> is to use the TrustSelfSignedStrategy [0] strategy when building the http 
> client.
> This requires modifying the code.
> In order to use the second approach without modifying code, it would be 
> interesting to allow configuring a set of URIs for which the relaxed SSL mode 
> should be used.
> The configuration could be implemented similarly to the implementation of the 
> central prox configuration (OSGI) in HTTPCLIENT-1238. In addition to allowing 
> sel-signed certificates, the configuration could as well allow to skip FQDN 
> check using the NoopHostnameVerifier [1].
> Of course, this feature *must not* be deployed in production environment as 
> it is totally insecure.
> [0] 
> https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/TrustSelfSignedStrategy.html
> [1] 
> https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/NoopHostnameVerifier.html



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