# Webhook https , ignoring verification of certificate

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/webhook-https-ignoring-verification-of-certificate/25874
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [July 20, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/webhook-https-ignoring-verification-of-certificate/25874 "2015-07-20T06:35:29Z")
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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/webhook-https-ignoring-verification-of-certificate/25874/4 "2015-07-23T00:07:56Z")

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Using SSL and then turning off validation makes SSL useless. You might as well just run HTTP.

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