[ZNC-Users] [ znc-Feature Requests-1538887 ] Check ircd's SSL cert

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Feature Requests item #1538887, was opened at 2006-08-11 20:34
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>Status: Pending
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Check ircd's SSL cert

Initial Comment:
Make znc check the ircd's SSL certificate to prevent
man-in-the-middle attacks.


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>Comment By: Psychon (psychon)
Date: 2011-01-09 12:03

Message:
Wow, there are IRC servers with valid SSL certificates out there?

This module doesn't really check the SSL certificate, but it remembers the
cert's pubkey. If the next time we connect to this server another pubkey
(=another cert) is presented, the connection is aborted:
http://people.znc.in/~psychon/znc/modules/certchecker.cpp

Hope this helps.

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