{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vmware/govmomi/issues/345","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vmware/govmomi/issues/345/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vmware/govmomi/issues/345/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vmware/govmomi/issues/345/events","html_url":"https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/issues/345","id":107603543,"number":345,"title":"SSL error \"x509: negative serial number\"","user":{"login":"dillten","id":4193431,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4193431?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten","html_url":"https://github.com/dillten","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dillten/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2015-09-21T21:34:42Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T18:56:38Z","closed_at":"2015-12-01T18:56:38Z","body":"I think I already know the answer to this, but I'll put it out here for comment.\r\n\r\nThere is an issue, golang/go#8265 that references [this section](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/7360638da09bed30bb32c183c9264f7f9f0bb8c9/src/crypto/x509/x509.go#L912) of the x509 code. The certificates generated by vCenter (non-appliance versions) seem to have the negative serials referenced in the issue.\r\n\r\nSome folks have worked around this by applying fix (see zmap/zgrab@a3d044e), but I was curious as to if this project intends to apply a workaround (or option of one)."}}