# Httpclient/2.1.5

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**Created:** [June 9, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httpclient-2-1-5/169809 "2009-06-09T04:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![NAKAMURAS\_Hiroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@NAKAMURAS\_Hiroshi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NAKAMURAS_Hiroshi)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httpclient-2-1-5/169809/1 "2009-06-09T04:38:01Z")

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Hi all,

httpclient/2.1.5 has been released.

This release includes IMPORTANT update for HTTPS(SSL) connection.  
Trusted CA bundle file included in httpclient \<= 2.1.4 expires in Nov  
2009. Please update to 2.1.5 by Oct 2009 if your application depends  
on trusted CA bundle file.

It also fixes some bugs. See the last of this mail for more detail.

= What’s this =

‘httpclient’ gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl  
(LWP) in Ruby. ‘httpclient’ formerly known as ‘http-access2’.

Features:

- methods like GET/HEAD/POST/\* via HTTP/1.1.

- HTTPS(SSL), Cookies, proxy, authentication(Digest, NTLM, Basic), etc.

- asynchronous HTTP request, streaming HTTP request.

- by contrast with net/http in standard distribution;

- Not supported now

= API Document =

[http://dev.ctor.org/doc/httpclient/](http://dev.ctor.org/doc/httpclient/)

= Download =

- Stable: [http://dev.ctor.org/download/httpclient-2.1.5.tar.gz](http://dev.ctor.org/download/httpclient-2.1.5.tar.gz) (tar +  
gzip)

- Stable: [http://dev.ctor.org/download/httpclient-2.1.5.zip](http://dev.ctor.org/download/httpclient-2.1.5.zip) (ZIP)

- Older versions: [http://dev.ctor.org/download/archive/](http://dev.ctor.org/download/archive/)

- Gem repository for stable version

- Gem repository for development version

- svn: [http://dev.ctor.org/svn/http-access2/trunk/](http://dev.ctor.org/svn/http-access2/trunk/)

= Changes in 2.1.5 =

- IMPORTANT update for HTTPS(SSL) connection
  - Trusted CA bundle file included in httpclient \<= 2.1.4 expires in  
Nov 2009. Please update to 2.1.5 by Oct 2009 if your application  
depends on trusted CA bundle file.
  - Updated trusted CA certificates file (cacert.p7s). CA certs are  
imported from ‘Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0\_13-b03)’.
  - Updated a cacert distribution certificate. RSA 2048 bit + SHA512

- notAfter:2037/12/31. (#215)

- Feature

- Bug fixes

Regards,  
// NaHi