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Rombout V.'s avatar
Rombout V.
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5 years ago

Re: ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:852)

i was looking into why dl.securecusercontent.com urls give SSL error. It seems the domain doesnt have a proper SSL certificate. This is an article i found and the link below is from that article. The...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Rombout V. I've split your message off to its own thread, as the original thread was actually about a different host ('content.dropboxapi.com') than what you're referring to ('dl.dropboxusercontent.com').

 

Also, note than in your message you actually referenced something else, "dl.securecusercontent.com", which is not a Dropbox host, but that was presumably just a typo.

 

Anyway, dl.dropboxusercontent.com appears to be being served with a valid certificate from what I can see, e.g., as seen in Chrome:

 

Can you let me know where you're seeing an error and share the full error/output you're getting?

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