ASN.1 buffer overflows - is OpenSSL vulnerable?

2002-02-28 Thread Carson Gaspar
The recently published SNMP vulnerabilities are mostly ASN.1 vulnerabilities. Has anyone reviewed the ASN.1 code, and OpenSSL's usage thereof, to see if there are any issues? -- Carson Gaspar - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queen Trapped in a Butch Body ___

Re: Creating Accepted Public CA Certs

2002-02-28 Thread Huibert Kivits
Hi Damian, This won't be possible. The Verisign certificate in your MS browser is a public root certificate, and you would need the corresponding private key to sign any certificates. Do not expect Verisign to hand over this private key to you! What you could do is to place your own public roo

Re: which PKCS format does "genrsa" produce

2002-02-28 Thread Erwann ABALEA
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Hasnain Mujtaba wrote: > Which PKCS format does the output of openssl command "genrsa" conform > to? I want to store the private key in a Java Keystore. To do that, I > need to first convert the encoded private key bytes into a KeySpec. I > use PKCS8EncodedKeySpec class to

Re: world.openssl.org [129.132.7.153]: Connection refused

2002-02-28 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > My Exim at home told me: > > 2002-02-27 00:26:47 16fqYW-8y-00 world.openssl.org [129.132.7.153]: Connection >refused > 2002-02-27 00:26:47 16fqYW-8y-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=remote_smtp >defer (111): Connection refused > > Hmmm, are they

which PKCS format does "genrsa" produce

2002-02-28 Thread Hasnain Mujtaba
Hi   Which PKCS format does the output of openssl command “genrsa” conform to?  I want to store the private key in a Java Keystore.  To do that, I need to first convert the encoded private key bytes into a KeySpec.  I use PKCS8EncodedKeySpec class to encode PKCS8 keys but can’t use this c

Creating Accepted Public CA Certs

2002-02-28 Thread damiank
I'm rather new to the SSL world, but I have a simple issue. I paid big $$$ to Verisign for a Certificate for my web server. It seems to me that the only reason I had to pay big $$$ is because Microsoft lists Verisign as a Trusted CA. Since Microsoft won't list me as a trusted CA, can I do the f

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2002-02-28 Thread Noronha, Conrad
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AW: Can I convert Apache Mod SSL cert to PEM format?

2002-02-28 Thread Otto, Steffen
See manual for "openssl x509". Use "-inform DER" and "-outform PEM". Think, it helps. Regards, Steffen > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Craig A Lewis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2002 19:17 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff:

SSL_Connect

2002-02-28 Thread amit limaye
Hello does calling SSL_Connect mean that i would not have to call the TCP Connect   -SIGTERM amit

RE: OpenSSL Chain Of Trust

2002-02-28 Thread Steven Reddie
That's pretty serious. Can you provide the certificate so that Verisign can respond? I'd like to know what's going on. Their certificates are worth nothing if their procedures can't be trusted. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PRO

Re: OpenSSL Chain Of Trust

2002-02-28 Thread damiank
Well, it was worth a try. ;) Time to fork over the 200 large or whatever it is to become a CA. (I'm from Chicago, we talk like that). - Original Message - From: "Rich Salz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:31 PM Sub

Re: OpenSSL Chain Of Trust

2002-02-28 Thread Rich Salz
> I want to issue certs off the purchased cert so that I don't have to keep > purchasing them. Is this possible, and, Kevin, is this Legal? It is possible; you can use the cert as a CA cert. Is it legal? Probably, it depends on what is in the agreement you have with Verisign. Will it work? No

Re: Dependency problems

2002-02-28 Thread Paul Allen
secuser wrote: > > I, I am using Mandrake 8.0. Here is my problem: > > Hello, I run Linux Mandrake 8.0 on an i586 system. When trying to install > python2.1-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm I recieve the following messages: That's not the python package that comes with Mandrake 8.0. If you're trying to insta

Re: OpenSSL Chain Of Trust

2002-02-28 Thread damiank
As I said, payment was made via wire transfer, and the email address was free, there are a lot of free sites out there. However, this was only an experiment of sorts. Every cert I have registered, has beed verified, for business reasons. The question remains however, > Can I do the following?

RE: Win32 compile

2002-02-28 Thread Jonathan Augenstine
Thanks. ActivePerl seemed to do the trick. -Original Message- From: Dr S N Henson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win32 compile Jonathan Augenstine wrote: > > I had no problems compiling on Solaris but I have bee

Re: Trouble when compiling OpenSSL with Borland C++ Builder 3.0

2002-02-28 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Bogusław, Am 2002-02-26 um 22:30 schriebst du: > How to make HTML documentation from POD files ? pod2html comes with perl. Once you have converted all to single html files you can make a big CHM package out of it. > Or maybe current documentation in HLP CHM or PDF files exists? Sure, I

Dependency problems

2002-02-28 Thread secuser
I, I am using Mandrake 8.0. Here is my problem: Hello, I run Linux Mandrake 8.0 on an i586 system. When trying to install python2.1-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm I recieve the following messages: error: failed dependencies: libcrypto.so.2 is needed by python2.1-2.1.2-1 libdb-3.2.so

Re: Trouble when compiling OpenSSL with Borland C++ Builder 3.0

2002-02-28 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Bogusław, Am 2002-02-26 um 19:06 schriebst du: > Another problem is documentation . I know that it is in POD format but how > to make it in HTML ? > I did probe to make it with pod2html perl script (included in ActivePerl > distribution) but without success.To many errors is produced and I

world.openssl.org [129.132.7.153]: Connection refused

2002-02-28 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo openssl-users, 2002-02-27 00:26:47 16fqYW-8y-00 world.openssl.org [129.132.7.153]: Connection refused 2002-02-27 00:26:47 16fqYW-8y-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=remote_smtp defer (111): Connection refused Hmmm, are they using Orbs or some other service? Why is posting for subscri

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2002-02-28 Thread Noronha, Conrad
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Re: Extension in CRLs never used????

2002-02-28 Thread Dr S N Henson
Mads Rasmussen wrote: > > Hi there, > > A question about certificates: > > In the rfc 2459 definition of the crl format > > 5.1 CRL Fields (page 42) > > TBSCertList ::= SEQUENCE { > > . > . > . > > revokedCertificate SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE > { > userCertificate Certif

Re: Win32 compile

2002-02-28 Thread Dr S N Henson
Jonathan Augenstine wrote: > > I had no problems compiling on Solaris but I have been having problems > on Win2000. I am using the perl from cygwin to run Configure and that > appears to complete successfully (no problems reported and it reports > that it is configure for VC-WIN32). But when I

Re: SSL with ipopd

2002-02-28 Thread Rick Yagodich
> >According to the SSLBUILD file from the imapd docs, the pop3 server >expects the certificate to be named "ipop3d.pem". Yep, it works. It does leave me with an additional question though - is it possible to combine two certificates into one ipop3d.pem file, so that I can allow vpop as well

Win32 compile

2002-02-28 Thread Jonathan Augenstine
I had no problems compiling on Solaris but I have been having problems on Win2000. I am using the perl from cygwin to run Configure and that appears to complete successfully (no problems reported and it reports that it is configure for VC-WIN32). But when I run the ms\do_ms.bat I encounter probl

OpenSSL Chain Of Trust

2002-02-28 Thread damiank
I'm rather new to the SSL world, but I have a simple issue. I paid big $$$ to Verisign for a Certificate for my web server. It seems to me that the only reason I had to pay big $$$ is because Microsoft lists Verisign as a Trusted CA. Of course, the reason for this is so Verisign can "Identify"

Re: SSL with ipopd

2002-02-28 Thread Rick Yagodich
> >According to the SSLBUILD file from the imapd docs, the pop3 server >expects the certificate to be named "ipop3d.pem". > >Nalin Thanks Nalin - looks like it works :-) __ OpenSSL Project http:/

Re: Cryptography question about private key encryption

2002-02-28 Thread Ari . Hyttinen
Erwann ABALEA wrote: > Notice that you used the -sign argument, to *sign* your data. Therefore, > it *seems* to be encrypted (i.e. you can see garbage in your data.enc > file). Yes, I know I use method meant for signatures only... That is exactly why I'm asking if it is secure for encryption o

RE: Extension in CRLs never used????

2002-02-28 Thread Francois Guerry
Title: RE: Extension in CRLs never used They probably want to remain compatible with the old softwares. Sorry for the attached files. -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Mads Rasmussen Envoye : jeudi 28 fevrier 2002 16:13 A : [EMAIL

Can I convert Apache Mod SSL cert to PEM format?

2002-02-28 Thread Craig A Lewis
Hello, I am running imap2001a and using openssl 0.96b on Sun Solaris 2.8. I have generated a self signed cert using the method described in the openssl SSLBUILD document The following command to openssl can be used to create a self-signed certificate with a 10-year expiration: req -new

Problem adding extensions to a certificate

2002-02-28 Thread Arthur Wongtschowski
Using the following code, I manage to add a lot of extensions to a certificate. X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method; STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE) *nval; int ext_len; unsigned char *ext_der; void *ext_struc; int ext_nid; ASN1_OCTET_STRING *ext_oct;

Re: Problem adding extensions to a certificate

2002-02-28 Thread Dr S N Henson
Arthur Wongtschowski wrote: > > > Using the following code, I manage to add a lot of extensions to a > > certificate. > > > > > > X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method; > > STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE) *nval; > > int ext_len; > > unsigned char *ext_der; > > void *ext_struc; > > in

Problem adding extensions to a certificate

2002-02-28 Thread Arthur Wongtschowski
> Using the following code, I manage to add a lot of extensions to a > certificate. > > > X509V3_EXT_METHOD *method; > STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE) *nval; > int ext_len; > unsigned char *ext_der; > void *ext_struc; > int ext_nid; > ASN1_OCTET_STRING *ext_oct;

Re: MS C++ v7

2002-02-28 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
James, 2002-02-28 13:22:36, du schriebst: > What is the state of the union concerning building OpenSSL with Microsoft's > C++ version 7? Has anyone done it, and if so, are there patches involved or > does it just work? I just tried out, fetched openssl-0.9.7-stable-SNAP-20020

RE: Extension in CRLs never used????

2002-02-28 Thread Francois Guerry
the crlEntryExtensions can be used for the Reason Code (oid= id-ce-reasonCode = 2.5.29.21) reasonCode EXTENSION ::= { SYNTAX CRLReason IDENTIFIED BY id-ce-reasonCode } CRLReason ::= ENUMERATED { unspecified(0), keyCompromise(1), cACompromise(2), affi

Re: Extension in CRLs never used????

2002-02-28 Thread Tomi Kause
<...crl entry extensions...> > these fields are present but I cannot find one CRL as an example http://www.tky.hut.fi/~toka/test-cx.crl It is signed with http://www.tky.hut.fi/~toka/test-cx.p8 (plain PKCS#8). //toka Vegetables are murder.

Unable to find 'ContentInfo' !!

2002-02-28 Thread Mateo
I am trying to create a 'ContentInfo' object, but I do not find any file in which this object is defined. There are no object called "ContentInfo", "Content_Info", "PKCS7_ContentInfo"... Where can I find it? Thanks in advance. Mateo. __