Index: branches/5.1.x/core/units/helpers/curl_helper.php
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diff -u -N -r13904 -r14000
--- branches/5.1.x/core/units/helpers/curl_helper.php	(.../curl_helper.php)	(revision 13904)
+++ branches/5.1.x/core/units/helpers/curl_helper.php	(.../curl_helper.php)	(revision 14000)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: curl_helper.php 13904 2010-08-29 10:34:50Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: curl_helper.php 14000 2010-10-19 15:24:28Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@
 				CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
 				CURLOPT_REFERER => PROTOCOL.SERVER_NAME,
 				CURLOPT_USERAGENT => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],
+				
+				// don't verify SSL certificates
+				CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
+				CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => Array ('Expect:'),
 			);
 
 			if ($this->requestHeaders) {