Another day, another web browser. Maybe I should subcontract to Ratbert.
This time, the exercise is development of some tools for testing a protocol that, in production, will be carried via HTTPS. Sure, we could just test it all on the HTTP channel, but where's the sport in that, and we'd rather find out now, rather than later, if there is a surprise.
Of course, the web servers I'm working with don't have valid certificates - the cert authority is no longer recognized. I think that reflects the fact that we generated the certs with a server that is no longer in operation.
Not an insurmountable problem, after a bit of digging. The answer was
MKB 182888
Of course, there are always a few surprises.
This time, there was actually a note - but who reads the fine print:
"The option to ignore this error cannot be set before the error occurs. You must first attempt to send the request, receive the error, then set the option (or call InternetErrorDlg), and resubmit."
Well, it's documented, I suppose. But for the life of me I cannot imagine why that was the desired behavior.
January 22, 2003 7:16 PM
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