SSL certificate check in pidgin 2.10.10

[Richard Laager]

The certificate validates fine using openssl s_client with the root certificates on my Ubuntu 12.04 system.

Why does the server administrator think it should fail?

-- 
Richard

> On Nov 18, 2014, at 9:15 AM, Janis Eilbracht <eil.jan at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I recognized that since the update to version 2.10.10 the validation of
> the SSL certificate of one of my xmpp accounts doesn't fail anymore. But
> I know, that it should fail, as the certificate is somehow not valid at
> the moment (the server administrator told me about this. As I'm not very
> familiar with SSL I cannot tell, in which way it is not valid, but it's
> not the date). So in pidgin 2.10.9, which I still use on a another
> computer the validation of the certificate fails, but in pidgin 2.10.10
> it doesn't.
> 
> I attached the output of the debugging log, while logging in at the
> relevant account with pidgin 2.10.10 in "force ssl" mode. I hope I
> didn't waste your time, due to some kind of misunderstanding something.
> 
> Bye,
> Janis
> 
> <purple-debug.log>
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