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electron-ssl-pinning
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Prevents MITM in Electron applications.
npm install electron-ssl-pinning
Retrive pinning config using following command
fetch-ssl-pinning-config google.com
Then apply this config to Electron session.
const { session } = require('electron');
const createSslVerificator = require('electron-ssl-pinning');
session.defaultSession.setCertificateVerifyProc(
createSslVerificator([
{
domain: '*.google.com',
fingerprints: [
'sha256/fyFMxrkFMkcRq9nDQimG8gq8136Vbrzm5pQSMhRH2Os=',
'sha256/vgzNVNTOzaG9Xl2ezIWgTCwfk6UiDXf96I/prQgfZBs='
]
}
])
);
FAQs
Prevents MITM in Electron applications
The npm package electron-ssl-pinning receives a total of 25 weekly downloads. As such, electron-ssl-pinning popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that electron-ssl-pinning demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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