Custom Tumblr theme wont save because of non-https urls?

Just had the same problem. Tumblr updated their Encryption policies. If you’re a theme developer and you’d like to ensure your themes support HTTPS, make sure that any externally hosted resources, such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or Javascript files, and even images, are served using HTTPS. As we now know that Tumblr requires that we … Read more

nodejs – error self signed certificate in certificate chain

Option 1: Disable the warning (useful for dev) From your question I’m guessing you are doing this in development as you are using a self signed certificate for SSL communication. If that’s the case, add as an environment variable wherever you are running node or running node directly with This instructs Node to allow untrusted … Read more

Curl command for https ( SSL )

if you’re using a self signed certificate on the server, you can use: but be aware that then it’s no better than using non SSL connection to the server, as your communication won’t be secure anymore, enabling all sorts of man in the middle attacks. Though my advice to you is to download the .pem from the … Read more

HTTPS connections over proxy servers

TLS/SSL (The S in HTTPS) guarantees that there are no eavesdroppers between you and the server you are contacting, i.e. no proxies. Normally, you use CONNECT to open up a TCP connection through the proxy. In this case, the proxy will not be able to cache, read, or modify any requests/responses, and therefore be rather useless. If … Read more

How can I make git accept a self signed certificate?

To permanently accept a specific certificate Try http.sslCAPath or http.sslCAInfo. Adam Spiers’s answer gives some great examples. This is the most secure solution to the question. To disable TLS/SSL verification for a single git command try passing -c to git with the proper config variable, or use Flow’s answer: To disable SSL verification for a … Read more