--- base/asterisk-20.0.1/res/res_http_media_cache.c	2022-12-01 20:08:11.000000000 +0000
+++ asterisk-20.0.1/res/res_http_media_cache.c	2022-12-15 03:22:11.437365431 +0000
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "asterisk/sorcery.h"
 #include "asterisk/threadstorage.h"
 #include "asterisk/uri.h"
+#include "asterisk/pbx.h"
 
 #define MAX_HEADER_LENGTH 1023
 
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@
 	FILE *out_file;
 };
 
+
+static int timeout = 180;
+static int maxheaders = 8;
+static int ssl_verify = 1L;
+
 /*!
  * \internal \brief The cURL header callback function
  */
@@ -325,13 +331,14 @@
 	}
 
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 180);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, curl_header_callback);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, AST_CURL_USER_AGENT);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 8);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, maxheaders);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, ast_sorcery_object_get_id(cb_data->bucket_file));
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, cb_data);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, ssl_verify);
 
 	return curl;
 }
@@ -532,6 +539,39 @@
 	.is_stale = bucket_http_wizard_is_stale,
 };
 
+static int reload_module(void)
+{
+	struct ast_flags flags = { CONFIG_FLAG_NOREALTIME };
+	struct ast_config *cfg;
+	struct ast_variable *var;
+
+	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load("res_curl.conf", flags))) {
+		return 0;
+	} else if (cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "res_curl.conf could not be parsed!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!(var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "media_cache")) && !(var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "media_cache")) ) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "[media_cache] not found in res_curl.conf\n");
+		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	for (; var; var = var->next) {
+
+		if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "ssl_verify") && !ast_true(var->value)) {
+			ssl_verify =  0L;
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "timeout")) {
+			timeout = atoi(var->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "maxheaders")) {
+			maxheaders = atoi(var->value);
+		}
+	}
+	ast_config_destroy(cfg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int unload_module(void)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -551,6 +591,8 @@
 		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
 	}
 
+	reload_module();
+
 	return AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -559,4 +601,5 @@
 		.load = load_module,
 		.unload = unload_module,
 		.requires = "res_curl",
+		.reload = reload_module,
 	);