Nelson B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Peter,

>Please spell out for us exactly what you mean by
>> "treat a cert validation failure in the same way as a network error"

>Do you mean to treat it as unrecoveragle error, with no option to override?
>or ??

Treat it as an unrecoverable error.  Providing non-technical users with an
opt-out screen and an "I'm feeling lucky" button to click on is just security
theatre, if you're serious about security then make it a nonrecoverable error
in the same format as [tabs across to Firefox to check what it says] a "Server
not found"-type message.  If the user is expecting to talk to a server in a
secure manner and the security fails, then it's a fatal error, not a one-click
speedbump to annoy them.

Peter.

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