René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"HTTPS certificates are not checked","articleBody":"The library uses python's `httplib.HTTPSConnection` to connect to the Dyn API endpoint.  The [python documentation](http://docs.python.org/2/library/httplib.html) notes \"Warning: This does not do any verification of the server’s certificate.\"\n\nWithout certificate verification, if an attacker is able to intercept the traffic she can read or even alter the communications.\n\nIt does not seem that `httplib` provides a way to do this verification. [Some people](http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577548-https-httplib-client-connection-with-certificate-v/) have produced a `HTTPSConnection` wrapper to do validation. Other people recommend using `pycurl`.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/davidn","@type":"Person","name":"davidn"},"datePublished":"2013-08-01T18:35:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/6/Dynect-API-Python-Library/issues/6"}