rmeggins(a)redhat.com wrote:
Full_Name: Rich Megginson
Version: 2.4.23
OS: Fedora
URL:
ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/openldap-2.4.23-selfsignedcacert-20100714...
Submission from: (NULL) (76.113.111.209)
MozNSS doesn't like self-signed CA certs that are also used for
TLS/SSL server certs (such as generated by openssl req -x509)
CERT_VerifyCertificateNow returns SEC_ERROR_UNTRUSTED_ISSUER in that case
so, see if the cert and issuer are the same cert, and allow the
use of it (with a warning)
If you checked to see if the issuer is already trusted, I guess the patch is OK.
But that aside, MozNSS's behavior sounds correct to me, and our documentation
says to use explicit CA certs, separate from the server cert. Is it really a
good idea to break this validation check?
Also, where does this check occur in the main sequence of verification - has
the BasicConstraints, KeyUsage, and/or NetscapeCertType already been checked
successfully?
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