Hi Jeff!

On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Jeff McCune wrote:

> I see the need to verify the server certificate, and I think it's clever to 
> re-use the puppet certificates since it is something the puppet agent has a 
> trust anchor for and a certificate is already issued.
> 
> However, with the current documented behavior of the pkgdmg provider, this 
> patch probably doesn't match the expectation of most people.  If a web server 
> with a valid certificate signed by Verisign or Thawte or something hosts the 
> dmg file, then this patch would throw a warning and fall back to no 
> validation.
> 
> Would it be possible to add 2 checks, one using the default x.509 anchors,
> then fall back to trying the puppet certificate, then fall back to insecure?

Yes this should also be possible, thanks for your great input!
I added it to my local feature list and will do it, but I have to learn 
for my last exam. I think I have the time to do it in a couple of weeks.

All the best, Sandor Szücs
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