Slightly paraphrased from the cypherpunks mailing list: https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2016-March/012574.html [OT] Would someone please check if links2 and elinks verify certificates on clean install of Debian 8?
---- ...elinks and links2 don't verify ssl certificates at all on Debian 8 (this got confirmation in the thread) To verify, try to open site which doesn't properly chain to trusted root, say https://cacert.org (unless you trust their root ) and check if it opens or there is error/warning. For me, on updated system, both don't verify certificates. Looks like at least ubuntu and fedora killed the elinks bug long ago. Searching the web for "$browser self signed certificate" shows some relevant results. ---- Sarcastic comment asks "when debian will learn about this". Will leave this list soon.
