patch 2/2 debuginfod server etc.

Frank Ch. Eigler fche@redhat.com
Wed Nov 20 12:29:00 GMT 2019


Hi -

> I am simply interested in knowing what is done for outgoing https
> connections to be authenticated. What would it take to use the trust
> roots for validating the server certificates?

OK, I misunderstood.  Certificate-authority certificates in the trust
root (compiled-in directories) serve to verify the signature chain on
a certificate that a server sends to a client.  libcurl already
automatically does this verification, as does apprx. every other
tls/ssl client in a distro.

- FChE



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