Topic on Extension talk:ExternalLinks

I tried the following and it seems to work:

removing the if:

lines 448-452 and 466

inserting line

456                                                                 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

see http://unitstep.net/blog/2009/05/05/using-curl-in-php-to-access-https-ssltls-protected-sites/

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