Author: Jamie Strandboge Description: require SSL certificate validation by default by using CERT_REQUIRED and using the system /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1047054 Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/686872 Index: python-urllib3-1.3/urllib3/connectionpool.py =================================================================== --- python-urllib3-1.3.orig/urllib3/connectionpool.py 2012-09-06 16:03:50.000000000 -0500 +++ python-urllib3-1.3/urllib3/connectionpool.py 2012-09-06 16:08:59.000000000 -0500 @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ strict=False, timeout=None, maxsize=1, block=False, headers=None, key_file=None, cert_file=None, - cert_reqs='CERT_NONE', ca_certs=None): + cert_reqs='CERT_REQUIRED', ca_certs='/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'): super(HTTPSConnectionPool, self).__init__(host, port, strict, timeout, maxsize,