http-api-client: T8955: enable TLS verification by default

ApiClientConfig.verify_tls defaulted to False and ApiClient unconditionally
silenced urllib3's InsecureRequestWarning, so TLS peer verification was off by
default. The sole consumer, src/op_mode/config_sync.py, builds the client
without passing verify_tls and therefore connected to a *remote* secondary VyOS
node over HTTPS without verifying the certificate -- a MITM exposure on the
channel that carries the API key and the full configuration.

- ApiClientConfig.verify_tls now defaults to True and accepts bool | str;
  a string is forwarded to requests as a CA bundle path (verify=<path>).
- InsecureRequestWarning is suppressed only when verification is explicitly
  disabled (verify_tls is False), not when a CA path or True is set.
- config_sync reads an optional verify_tls from the secondary runtime settings,
  defaulting to False to preserve current behaviour for self-signed secondaries.
  The insecurity is now explicit at the call site instead of hidden in the
  library default. Exposing a CA certificate (PKI reference) and peer
  fingerprint pinning under service config-sync secondary is follow-up T9396.

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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/op_mode/config_sync.py b/src/op_mode/config_sync.py
index 8d473cc70..828cd8623 100644
--- a/src/op_mode/config_sync.py
+++ b/src/op_mode/config_sync.py
@@ -73,13 +73,22 @@ def _load_config_sync_settings() -> dict:
     key = secondary.get('key')
     port = int(secondary.get('port', 443))
     timeout = int(secondary.get('timeout')) if secondary.get('timeout') else None
+    # config-sync talks to a remote secondary over HTTPS. TLS verification is
+    # off by default because secondary nodes typically present a self-signed
+    # certificate; an operator can opt in (True, or a CA bundle path) once the
+    # runtime config exposes it.
+    # TODO(T9396): expose ca-certificate / peer-fingerprint under
+    # service config-sync secondary
+    verify_tls = secondary.get('verify_tls', False)
 
     if not address or not key:
         raise opmode.UnconfiguredObject(
             'Config-sync is not fully configured: missing secondary address/key'
         )
 
-    return dict(host=address, key=key, port=port, timeout=timeout)
+    return dict(
+        host=address, key=key, port=port, timeout=timeout, verify_tls=verify_tls
+    )
 
 
 class ConfigSyncDiffManager: