On 12/12/2011 01:23 PM, Sergei Zhirikov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I believe there is a problem with the instructions to install CA certificates:
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/cacerts.html
>
> The script that extract certificates from Mozilla's certdata.txt explicitly 
> rejects only certificates that have CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH set to 
> CKT_NETSCAPE_TRUST_UNKNOWN, which is kind of pointless, because:
>
> $ grep ^CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH certdata.txt | sort -u
> CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH CK_TRUST CKT_NSS_NOT_TRUSTED
> CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH CK_TRUST CKT_NSS_TRUSTED_DELEGATOR
> CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH CK_TRUST CKT_NSS_TRUST_UNKNOWN
>
> There is no "CKT_NETSCAPE_TRUST_UNKNOWN", but there is 
> "CKT_NSS_TRUST_UNKNOWN". And there is also "CKT_NSS_NOT_TRUSTED".
> So it looks like the script extracts all the certificates, including those 
> explicitly distrusted by Mozilla.
>
> Also, it seems a bit strange that only CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH is checked, 
> because certificates can be used for things other than server authentication 
> (although I don't know if there are any certificates on the list that have 
> different trust level for different purposes).
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Sergei.
>
Yes, it looks like they changed things upstream. We'll get on it ASAP.

Thanks for the report.

-- DJ Lucas


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