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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: Dec 10, 2007 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) +Updated: Feb 7, 2008 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ FAQ 1.8 I have a problem who do I mail? 1.9 Where do I buy commercial support for curl? 1.10 How many are using curl? + 1.11 Why don't you update ca-bundle.crt 2. Install Related Problems 2.1 configure doesn't find OpenSSL even when it is installed @@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ FAQ as used by numerous applications that include libcurl binaries in their distribution packages (like Adobe Acrobat Reader and Google Earth). - More than 70 known named companies use curl in commercial environments and + More than 80 known named companies use curl in commercial environments and products. More than 100 known named open source projects depend on (lib)curl. @@ -317,6 +318,34 @@ FAQ http://counter.li.org/estimates.php http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/03/14/fedora_makes_rapid_progress.html + 1.11 Why don't you update ca-bundle.crt + + The ca-bundle.crt file is to be treated as an example file these days, as it + is very outdated (it being last modified year 2000 should tell) and should + be replaced with a much more modern and up-to-date version by anyone who + wants to verify peers. + + 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. + + 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, or by using our 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. + 2. Install Related Problems |