On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Trevor Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apache tries to validate the sig on the CRL and, of course, picks up the
> items by a hash of the DN, just like most OpenSSL apps (OpenLDAP, etc...).
>
> So, by changing the name in the case of the CA, the DN then hashes to a
> different value and you no longer have a conflict with the proper
> puppetmaster/client cert on the system.

I understand.  So it's not that the CA cert being a hostname is the
issue, it's the CA cert DN being identical to some other certificates
DN that's the issue you've solved.

Thanks, this helps tremendously.

-- 
Jeff McCune
http://www.puppetlabs.com/

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