Enable TLS certificate verification by default

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ $ mix deps.get
 $ iex -S mix
 ```
 
+*Note*: HTTPotion now enables certificate verification by default, using a few default CA bundle paths (`/etc/ssl/cert.pem` etc.) or the [certifi](https://hex.pm/packages/certifi) package (which is not a mandatory dependency).
+
 Some basic examples:
 
 ```elixir

config/config.exs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use Mix.Config
 
 config :httpotion, :default_headers, [] # NOTE: Must be a keyword list here
-config :httpotion, :default_timeout, 5000
-config :httpotion, :default_ibrowse, []
+config :httpotion, :default_timeout, 10000
+# config :httpotion, :default_ibrowse, [.. dynamic TLS conf by default ..]
 config :httpotion, :default_auto_sni, true
 config :httpotion, :default_follow_redirects, false

lib/httpotion.ex

@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ defmodule HTTPotion.Base do
                        |> Enum.map(fn ({k, v}) -> { (if is_atom(k), do: k, else: String.to_atom(to_string(k))), to_string(v) } end))
                      |> process_request_headers(body, options)
         timeout    = Keyword.get(options, :timeout, Application.get_env(:httpotion, :default_timeout, 5000))
-        ib_options = Application.get_env(:httpotion, :default_ibrowse, [])
+        ib_options = Application.get_env(:httpotion, :default_ibrowse, [ssl_options: [
+                         verify: :verify_peer, verify_fun: &:ssl_verify_hostname.verify_fun/3, depth: 69, cacertfile: HTTPotion.default_cert_bundle()]])
                      |> Keyword.merge(Keyword.get(options, :ibrowse, []))
         stream_to  = Keyword.get(options, :stream_to)
         auto_sni   = Keyword.get(options, :auto_sni, Application.get_env(:httpotion, :default_auto_sni, true))
@@ -454,5 +455,16 @@ defmodule HTTPotion do
     defexception [:message]
   end
 
+  def default_cert_bundle() do
+    cond do
+      File.exists?("/etc/ssl/cert.pem") -> "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
+      File.exists?("/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem") -> "/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem"
+      File.exists?("/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem") -> "/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem"
+      File.exists?("/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt") -> "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+      Code.ensure_loaded(:certifi) == {:module, :certifi} -> apply(:certifi, :cacertfile, [])
+      true -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
   use HTTPotion.Base
 end

mix.exs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ defmodule HTTPotion.Mixfile do
 
   defp deps do
     [ {:ibrowse, "== 4.4.0"},
+      {:ssl_verify_fun, "~> 1.1"},
       {:ex_doc, "~> 0.18", only: [:dev, :test, :docs]} ]
   end
 

mix.lock

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   "makeup": {:hex, :makeup, "0.8.0", "9cf32aea71c7fe0a4b2e9246c2c4978f9070257e5c9ce6d4a28ec450a839b55f", [:mix], [{:nimble_parsec, "~> 0.5.0", [hex: :nimble_parsec, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "makeup_elixir": {:hex, :makeup_elixir, "0.13.0", "be7a477997dcac2e48a9d695ec730b2d22418292675c75aa2d34ba0909dcdeda", [:mix], [{:makeup, "~> 0.8", [hex: :makeup, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "nimble_parsec": {:hex, :nimble_parsec, "0.5.0", "90e2eca3d0266e5c53f8fbe0079694740b9c91b6747f2b7e3c5d21966bba8300", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
+  "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.5", "6eaf7ad16cb568bb01753dbbd7a95ff8b91c7979482b95f38443fe2c8852a79b", [:make, :mix, :rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
 }