projectkudu/kudu — pull request #1298 by thebrianlopez (2014-08-17 07:48:32+00:00)
Title: Update updateNodeModules.cmd

NPM has issues with self signed certs explained here: http://blog.npmjs.org/post/78165272245/more-help-with-self-signed-cert-in-chain-and-npm
The workaround above allows the build to complete successfully.