Retrieve version information using HTTPS

2015-02-02 17:49:11 +01:00 · 2015-02-02 17:49:11 +01:00 · e770ec3a61
parent 0b674eb35d
commit e770ec3a61
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/gui/qt/version_getter.py
+++ b/gui/qt/version_getter.py
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class VersionGetter(threading.Thread):

    def run(self):
        try:
-            con = httplib.HTTPConnection('electrum.org', 80, timeout=5)
+            con = httplib.HTTPSConnection('electrum.org', timeout=5)
            con.request("GET", "/version")
            res = con.getresponse()
        except socket.error as msg: