    public URIDryConverter(URI base, Map<PackageID, Manifest> dependencyManifests, boolean isBuild) {
        super(base, dependencyManifests, isBuild);
        this.base = URI.create(base.toString() + "/modules/info/");
        try {
            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
            proxy = getProxy();
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
            // ignore errors
        }
    }
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.