WordPress for iOS Forums

User should be able to override SSL certificate warnings

1. Stuart
   Member
   May 29, 2010, 10:17 AM

   My blog is secured with cacert free SSL certificates. These are perfectly valid, but aren't signed by a recognised CA's root certificate.

   The iPhone Mail application also prompts to say there's a potential bad cert, but allows the user to choose "Continue" and then doesn't ask again - it just silently accepts the certificate and continues.

   The WordPress app should be more lenient when dealing with certificate errors - certainly warn the user, but do give them the option to continue.

   Right now, the WordPress app will not connect to my blog and so cannot be used, which is a shame :(

2. Chris Boyd
   Moderator
   Jun 5, 2010, 4:34 AM

   Thanks for the suggestion srcshelton. We're looking into loosening up the restrictions on SSL certs. Stay tuned.

3. bigsablept
   Member
   Jun 30, 2010, 7:54 PM

   I have a similar problem. I have two different domains hosted within the same shared hosting account. However, I can only have one dedicated IP and SSL cert for the whole account. So the primary domain validates against the certificate, but the add-on domain doesn't because the hostname is wrong. I'd love to be able to accept the certificate anyway.

   If I grabbed the code from SVN and worked on this myself, how do I go about submitting a patch for possible use in the official app?

4. Manaburner
   Member
   Aug 30, 2010, 12:53 PM

   Hi Guys,

   I have the same problem.

   I have a self-signed SSL certificate and force logins to SSL. The Wordpress app fails to add my blog and I'm stuck.

   Regards,
   Mana

5. Bucketsaway
   Member
   Sep 12, 2010, 5:07 PM

   I am in the same boat and would very much like to be able to accept my self-signed certificate.

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