Last Revision:

Version 1.1, 2014-08-20
Changed the protocol to use NSURLSession for its recursive requests. This works around a deadlock issue (r. 17342579) and makes the code more future proof. There were also numerous other minor changes.
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Build Requirements:

Xcode 5.1.1, iOS 7.1 SDK

Runtime Requirements:

iOS 7.0 or later

CustomHTTPProtocol shows how to use an NSURLProtocol subclass to intercept the NSURLConnections made by a high-level subsystem that does not otherwise expose its network connections. In this specific case, it intercepts the HTTPS requests made by a web view and overrides server trust evaluation, allowing you to browse a site whose certificate is not trusted by default.