How to access Github through firewall playing man-in-the-middle when using https?

Question

I need to access Github for read and write access. Earlier I just used plain http protocol which worked fine. But today this does not seem to work anymore.

My problem: I am behind a firewall where only http access is possible. https access seems to be quite tricky because the firewall acts as a man-in-the-middle: It decrypts all SSL traffic from/to the internet and encrypts it again with its own certificate for the user. This certificate can be extracted from the installed web browsers.

Is there a way to setup a working connection to GitHub under these conditions? If yes, how can it be done?

Kind regards, Marcus

You might want to crosspost this question to superuser.com. Good luck! — Herr von Wurst
– Herr von Wurst, Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 10:16

Marcus K. · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-26 06:59:14Z

4

Finally got it work with https by setting git config --global http.sslVerify false so the company certificate is ignored.

answered Sep 26, 2012 at 6:59

Marcus K.

1,04014 silver badges28 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to access Github through firewall playing man-in-the-middle when using https?

1 Answer 1

Comments

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Related