ssl/tls cert checking is broken

Bug #1046293 reported by Erno Kuusela
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Pidgin
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pidgin (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I ran into a link to this ticket: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15308

It appears the ssl cert checking is missing (#if 0'd out).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libpurple0 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 5 15:20:25 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-04 (123 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Erno Kuusela (erno-iki) wrote :
visibility: private → public
Revision history for this message
Erno Kuusela (erno-iki) wrote :

The ticket at the pidgin tracker now has a comment saying it does validate the cert elsewhere in the code.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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