Ignore invalid self-signed ssl certificate in node.js with https.request?

Question

I'm working on a little app that logs into my local wireless router (Linksys) but I'm running into a problem with the router's self-signed ssl certificate.

I ran wget 192.168.1.1 and get:

ERROR: cannot verify 192.168.1.1's certificate, issued by `/C=US/ST=California/L=Irvine/O=Cisco-Linksys, LLC/OU=Division/CN=Linksys/[email protected]': Self-signed certificate encountered. ERROR: certificate common name `Linksys' doesn't match requested host name `192.168.1.1'. To connect to 192.168.1.1 insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. 

In node, the error being caught is:

{ [Error: socket hang up] code: 'ECONNRESET' } 

My current sample code is:

var req = https.request({      host: '192.168.1.1',      port: 443,     path: '/',     method: 'GET'  }, function(res){      var body = [];     res.on('data', function(data){         body.push(data);     });      res.on('end', function(){         console.log( body.join('') );     });  }); req.end();  req.on('error', function(err){     console.log(err); }); 

How can I go about getting node.js to do the equivalent of "--no-check-certificate"?

Answer 1

Cheap and insecure answer:

Add

process.env["NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED"] = 0; 

in code, before calling https.request()

A more secure way (the solution above makes the whole node process insecure) is answered in this question