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-Updated: Feb 7, 2008 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
+Updated: Feb 18, 2008 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
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1.11 Why don't you update ca-bundle.crt
- The bundled ca-bundle.crt file is to be treated as an example file these
- days, as it is very outdated (it being last modified year 2000 should tell)
- and should be replaced with a much more modern and up-to-date version by
- anyone who wants to verify peers.
+ The ca-bundle.crt file that used to be bundled with curl was very outdated
+ (it being last modified year 2000 should tell) and must be replaced with a
+ much more modern and up-to-date version by anyone who wants to verify peers
+ anyway. It is no longer provided, the last curl release that shipped it was
+ curl 7.18.0.
In the cURL project we've decided not to attempt to keep this file updated
- since deciding what to add to a ca cert bundle is an undertaking we've not
- been ready to accept.
+ (or even present anymore) since deciding what to add to a ca cert bundle is
+ an undertaking we've not been ready to accept, and the one we can get from
+ Mozilla is perfectly fine so there's no need to duplicate that work.
Today, with many services performed over HTTPS, every operating system
should come with a default ca cert bundle that can be deemed somewhat
trustworthy and that collection (if reasonably updated) should be deemed to
- be a lot better than this old file.
-
- If you want the most recent collection of ca certs that Mozilla Firefox uses
- (which should be seen as the effictive successor of Netscape 4.72 from where
- this particular bundle originates from), we recommend that you extract the
- collection yourself from Mozilla Firefox (by running 'make ca-bundle), or by
- using our online service setup for this purpose:
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html
-
- Due to the licensing of that particular file, we've decided to not simply
- include that in the curl package/tree. It is of course arguable whether the
- cacerts themselves actually are licensed under the Firefox's licenses but
- until proven otherwise we will assume so and thus we avoid putting them in
- any curl release/tarball.
+ be a lot better than a private curl version.
+
+ If you want the most recent collection of ca certs that Mozilla Firefox
+ uses, we recommend that you extract the collection yourself from Mozilla
+ Firefox (by running 'make ca-bundle), or by using our online service setup
+ for this purpose: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html
2. Install Related Problems