Re: TortoiseSVN connecting to random IP addresses?

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 08:19, kazimir82 <bu9m3n0t_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Many times when I do an update or commit, my firewall pops up about
> TortoiseSVN connecting to random unrelated external IP addresses. I can (and

Use a better firewall. Firewalls which are so annoying are actually
the worst of the lot, because they do not increase security but only
train users to click the "ok" button. And after a while when the user
is trained and a real issue comes up, the user clicks the OK button
without reading the (now) important message/question.

> typically do) block them, but it seems to use a different IP every time.
>
> Now, I assume this has to do with validating the SSL certificate of the
> repository server that I actually want to connect to. However, this server
> has a self-signed certificate (it's LAN only anyway) and I rather not have
> TortoiseSVN making these useless connections.
>
> Two questions:
>
> - Why is it using so many different IPs?

Because there is not just one validation server but many of them. And
one url maps to different servers depending on the time of the day
(load balancing).

>
> - Can I somehow disable the validation of SSL certificates in TSVN, or
> 'whitelist' my local server's self-signed certificate?

Disable validation is not possible.
You can however install the self-signed certificate locally and mark
it as trusted.

Stefan

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