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> Arend van der Veen wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been continuing my testing.  I have downloaded demo versions of both
> > Raven-SSL and Stronghold and tried to use my Netscape generated client
> > certificates.  Raven-SSL behaved identically to mod_ssl.  However,
> > Stronghold worked !!.  When I select the certificate with Communicator and
> > enter by Certificate Database Password, the connection hangs.  But after
> > 5-10 seconds the connection opens.  As I navigate the site Communicator does
> > not request the certificate again.
> >
> > Is it possible to patch mod_ssl to give this behavior?  I think the
> > Communicator may be the problem - but Stronghold found a work around.
> >
> > Any comments ?
> >
> > Arend van der Veen
> > UTRS, Inc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arend van der Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: OTR Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 4:05 PM
> > Subject: Bug in Apache/mod_ssl ?
> >
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I have been trying to use client certificates with both Communicator and
> > IE.
> > >I generated them myself.  I converted them to pkcs12 format using notes in
> > >the following FAQ: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/  (Q. I'm having
> > >real problems getting a certificate into Netscape, help!) and imported them
> > >into various browsers.
> > >
> > >The certificates worked great with Internet Explorer.  However, I am having
> > >problems with Communicator.  When  apache/mod_ssl asks for a certificate I
> > >select the one I made.  The browser then asks for the DB password and times
> > >out.  If I hit stop and then retried, it would ask me for the certificate
> > >again and then load the web page.  Whenever I jumped to a new page I am
> > >asked for the certificate again !!!
> > >
> > >I thought that I was not making the certificates properly.  To confirm this
> > >conclusion I decided to test client certificates that I generated on
> > >Netscape Certificate Server and have used on other servers (Netscape
> > >Enterprise on NT).  The client certificates that I used for testing work
> > >with Netscape Enterprise Server and both Internet Explorer and Netscape
> > >Communicator browsers.  Everything still worked with IE.  However
> > >Communicator  gave me the exact same result as before.  So I think I have
> > >been making valid certificates all along.
> > >
> > >Thus, I think that there is a problem with mod_ssl.  Is anybody out there
> > >using mod_ssl with Netscape Browsers?
> > >
> > >Any suggestions or comments ?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Arend van der Veen
> > >UTRS, Inc.
> > >
> > >
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