[Rpm] Does RPM measurement *require* a valid SSL certificate

[Christoph Paasch]

On 10/13/21 - 17:57, Rich Brown via Rpm wrote:
> 
> > On Oct 13, 2021, at 3:45 PM, Randall Meyer <rrm at apple.com> wrote:
> > 
> > We could add a “—insecure/-k” switch as a feature enhancement to the CLI.
> 
> Or maybe just ignore the certificate. More options is worse, if you have to implement/explain/justify them. 

Ignoring is not a good option. Otherwise, traffic could be intercepted and
one could cheat its RPM-value by having a local termination-point on its AP.


Christoph

> 
> In the context of an RPM test, where there would be (max) dozens of SSL calculations per second, I suspect that the difference between a self-signed certificate and a "real one" would be negligible.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Rich

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