Fixing ValueError: empty or no certificate, match_hostname needs a SS…

…L socket or SSL context with either CERT_OPTIONAL or CERT_REQUIRED

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.0.2] - 2020-07-09
+### Fixed
+- fixed this: `ValueError: empty or no certificate, match_hostname needs a SSL socket or SSL context with either CERT_OPTIONAL or CERT_REQUIRED`
+
 ## [1.0.1] - 2020-07-09
 ### Added
 - `LINKBACKS_CERT_VERIFY` & `LINKBACKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT` settings

linkbacks.py

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ def make_connection(self, host):
             conn.timeout = self.timeout
         if self.cert_verify is False:
             # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            conn._check_hostname = False
             conn._context.check_hostname = False
             conn._context.verify_mode = CERT_NONE
         return conn

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pelican-plugin-linkbacks"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 description = "Pelican plugin implementing Linkback protocols, on the linking server side"
 authors = ["Lucas Cimon <lucas.cimon@gmail.com>"]
 license = "AGPL-3.0"