How to use NSURLConnection to connect with SSL for an untrusted cert?

Question

I have the following simple code to connect to a SSL webpage

NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[ NSURLConnection send         


        

Answer 1

I posted some gist code (based on someone else's work which I note) that lets you properly authenticate against a self generated certificate (and how to get a free certificate - see comments bottom of Cocoanetics)

My code is here github