crypto/x509: make SystemCertPool work on Windows?

[bradfitz]

https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/x509/#SystemCertPool doesn't work on Windows:

    func SystemCertPool() (*CertPool, error) {
        if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
            return nil, errors.New("crypto/x509: system root pool is not available on Windows")
        }
        ....

I checked it in with the commit message "SystemCertPool returns an error on Windows. Maybe it's fixable later." (a62ae9f, golang.org/cl/21293, #13335)

This bug is about fixing it.

/cc @alexbrainman

[alexbrainman]

I really don't know, I am not security expert. But I think you want to open LocalMachine\root (or maybe CurrentUser\root) certificate store, and read all certificates there with CertEnumCertificatesInStore or similar. What do you think?

Alex

[bradfitz]

Sounds plausible.

I don't think this requires a security expert as much as somebody who can read MSDN docs.

[gopherbot]

CL https://golang.org/cl/30578 mentions this issue.

[jeffallen]

Note: This change was rolled back in #18609. SystemCertPool on Windows on Go 1.8 still returns nil. @bradfitz Maybe you could re-open this and remove the go1.8maybe tag on it? Thanks.