[Ruby] Fix SSL connect certificate verify error
While working with time saver tool CocoaPods, , to handle libraries' dependencies on a new iOS project, I stumbled upon this ruby error while retrieving a file via SSL.
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failedAnyway, that's an issue you can encounter with ruby in other cases, so here's the solution thanks to @alloy
Download a fresh set of CA certificates, for example:
[EDIT] As mentioned in the comments use this certificate at your own risk.
$ [sudo] curl http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem -o /usr/local/share/cacert.pemUse those certificates to verify SSL connections by setting an env variable:
$ export SSL_CERT_FILE= /usr/local/share/cacert.pemFYI: You can the details of the issue here
Written by François Benaiteau
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You're telling people to download and subseqeuntly trust a CA cert they're fetching over http from a host they're not verifying, and without verifying the cert itself.
Please remove this tip, or amend it to not do anything that's a travesty to infosec.
@richoh thanks, edited the tip, hope it's ok like that;)
