Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-23 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Michael Ströder wrote: > > Massimiliano Pala wrote: > > > > Dr Stephen Henson wrote: > > > > > Oh and don't even think about using BMPStrings or UTF8Strings in > > > certificates or CRLs BTW. > > > > Do you, or anyone, have contacts with Netscape people (or can get me > > in contact with) to know

Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-23 Thread Michael Ströder
Massimiliano Pala wrote: > > Dr Stephen Henson wrote: > > > Oh and don't even think about using BMPStrings or UTF8Strings in > > certificates or CRLs BTW. > > Do you, or anyone, have contacts with Netscape people (or can get me > in contact with) to know what they are doing by now and if they w

Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-22 Thread Massimiliano Pala
Dr Stephen Henson wrote: > Oh and don't even think about using BMPStrings or UTF8Strings in > certificates or CRLs BTW. Do you, or anyone, have contacts with Netscape people (or can get me in contact with) to know what they are doing by now and if they will or plan to correct thoose bugs/unfeatu

Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-22 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Massimiliano Pala wrote: > > > So, what I have to do ?? I do have to set the CA subject to something like: > > CN=CA Operator, O=OpenCA, C=IT > Yes that ought to do it. > Another question: as far as I know Netscape likes only v1 CRLs (without > extentions... is that true ??? > Wel

Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-22 Thread Massimiliano Pala
Dr Stephen Henson wrote: > Yes it is known. Its caused by importing a CRL without a commonName (CN) > field. The only way to undo the crash (other than working out which > records got added to the database and manually deleting them) is to > delete the key and certificate database and restart wit

Re: CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-21 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Massimiliano Pala wrote: > > Hi, > > I am experiencing a Netscape CRASH when, after successfully importing > the CRL, I want to view the CRL... simply go to: > > Security -> Signers -> View/Edit CRLs > > Netscape Crashes! It could be simply because the CRL was issued by a > CA with 204

CRL importing and Netscape CRASH

1999-12-21 Thread Massimiliano Pala
Hi, I am experiencing a Netscape CRASH when, after successfully importing the CRL, I want to view the CRL... simply go to: Security -> Signers -> View/Edit CRLs Netscape Crashes! It could be simply because the CRL was issued by a CA with 2048bit key ??? It is a known Nescape bug ?? I a