How to tell `links` to ignore expired SSL certificate and proceed?

Question

I'm using the links browser and trying to connect to an HTTPS site. I then get:

Verification failure: certificate has expired

this is "fine" (i.e. was decided to be tolerated) for this internal-only service, and other browsers allow to dismiss the error and try again.

How can I achieve the same in links and ignore the condition, that is: create an exception about the validity of this certificate.

Links SSL Error
– DavidPostill ♦
Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 12:52 — DavidPostill, Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 12:52

mario ruiz · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-27 19:34:41Z

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I've used this version for testing:

Just tried with the argument :

links.exe https://expired.badssl.com/ -ssl.certificates 0

And the alert is not coming, so Is a kind of creating an exception.

answered Feb 25, 2016 at 23:56

mario ruiz

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thanks for the answer, but that "RTFM" isn't very kind. I hope you realize that there are various versions of links floating around. I can hardly post the complete man page here, but links: links2(1) and links(1) and links2(1) for Debian. Please be so kind where in those man pages I did not read thoroughly enough.
– 0xC0000022L
Commented Feb 26, 2016 at 12:23
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My links2 doesn't have this option (Ubuntu 14.04)
– blee
Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 22:43

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