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  1. Node.js Driver
  2. NODE-1918

Node.js mongoDB driver documentation has incorrect default value for sslValidate

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 3.2.2
    • 3.2.3
    • None

    Description

      The TLS /SSL options at http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.2/tutorials/connect/ssl/#tls-ssl-options document sslValidate as having a default value of true. Per https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-1156 - the option is actually false by default since the NODE-1156 bug has not been fixed.

      Having a misleading value of true in the documentation means that developers can easily end up using the client without having TLS certificate validation enabled which opens the application to man-in-the-middle attacks.

      Ideally NODE-1156 would be fixed so that sslValidate is actually enabled by default, however if that is not possible then at least the documentation should be updated.

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              katherine.walker@mongodb.com Katherine Walker (Inactive)
              jamiemjennings Jamie Jennings
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