check_http plugin times out with urls using self-signed certs

[Traiano Welcome]

Hi List


I use the standard check_http plugin to check  a number of websites, testing for a string returned by a cgi script hosted on the site. Similar to the following example:

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 /usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_http -I 196.666.666.666 -a x:y -u http://monkey.donkey.net/cgi-bin/nagios.cgi -s Operational
---

One of these sites uses as self-signed cert, which causes check_http to timeout. I assume this behavour is identical to what happens when you browse to such a url using a browser, i.e you get a prompt saying something like:

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SSL error:self signed certificate-Continue? (y) 
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At which point the check_http plugin would wait for timeout, not being able to answer with a "y". Is there any way I can get the plugin to somehow bypass this (maybe passing a "y" in response to the prompt), or some way of importing the self-signed cert so the prompt does not appear in the first place? We're stuck with the self signed cert for some time until we can get a 'proper' one.

Thanks in Advance,
Traiano Welcome
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