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Date:      Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:16:25 +0000
From:      Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: Proposal: Install a /etc/ssl/cert.pem by default?
Message-ID:  <5c02fe3098089bf6d58834a66f2eeba7@mail.feld.me>
In-Reply-To: <53B499B1.4090003@delphij.net>
References:  <53B499B1.4090003@delphij.net>

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There is always going to be skepticism about who to trust by default. =
The CA system is out of control and it worries me as well. However, if =
we do not make an effort to provide a default trust store why do we =
enforce verification by default? I feel it would be more consistent to =
disable verification requiring those who know what they're doing to =
create their own trust store and pass --verify-peer to fetch manually. =
I'm on the verge of breaking my keyboard every time I jump onto a random =
FreeBSD server and try to fetch something over https.

--no-verify-peer is now muscle memory; that isn't a good sign. I eagerly =
await verification through DNSSEC to take off.

-2c



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