Re: WinInet -- Disable SSL Checks for Invalid CA?

From: Duane (duane_butler_del_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/18/05

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    FYI,

    I found what was causing the problem. Don't know why I didn't do this
    before, but google for ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_CA yielded the following
    link:

    "How To Handle Invalid Certificate Authority Error with WinInet"

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q182888/

    Included here in case anyone else runs into the problem.

    Duane.

    Duane wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > For testing purposes, does anyone know how to disable validation of
    > certificate authority within WinInet? I'm trying to connect to my own
    > secure site (https) and HttpSendRequest() keeps returning an INVALID_CA
    > (12045) error. I can't seem to find an approprate flag to pass into
    > HttpOpenRequest() to ignore "invalid" CA's. InternetSetOption() does
    > not seem to be the answer either. Overriding the WinInet user interface
    > via IsDialogBoxHandled()appeared promising, but the function never gets
    > called in this particular case. Anyone have any suggestions on how to
    > do this?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > Duane.

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