Re: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
Dann Daggett wrote: My apologies for being so ignorant. ... Ignorance requires no apologies when it presents questions rather than assertions. Regards, kudzu __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.

Re: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Geoff Thorpe
Hi Dann, On September 5, 2003 08:08 pm, Dann Daggett wrote: > But your answer brings up yet another question :) Most people do not > have their own certificate, yet are able to do https transactions with > secure web servers. Does each browser have a default certificate it > presents in this case?

RE: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Dann Daggett
> Then the contents of the /certs directory just doesn't matter, > since the OpenSSL library is being explicitly told where the > certificates are to be found. > > It all depends on what you want to do. I need to do it all. After apache for secure transactions, I want to use my own certs to allo

RE: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Dann Daggett
> > However, I still don't know about the empty /certs directory. Am I supposed > > to copy /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.7b/certs/ to /usr/local/ssl/certs? It > > seems strange that the install script wouldn't have done that as well if it > > were needed. > > Well you copy the ones that are relevant

Re: Long - Some questions about SSL, Client Authentication...

2003-09-05 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003, Ohaya wrote: > One final question... This one may be specific to the behavior of IE, > but I'm not sure: > > 1) I have one server certificate installed in IIS, which I created when > I did the Certificate Server installation. > > 2) In my IE browser, I have two client cert

Re: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Charles B Cranston
Dann Daggett wrote: However, I still don't know about the empty /certs directory. Am I supposed to copy /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.7b/certs/ to /usr/local/ssl/certs? It seems strange that the install script wouldn't have done that as well if it were needed. Well, it depends on what you want to do.

Re: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003, Dann Daggett wrote: > > However, I still don't know about the empty /certs directory. Am I supposed > to copy /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.7b/certs/ to /usr/local/ssl/certs? It > seems strange that the install script wouldn't have done that as well if it > were needed. > Wel

RE: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Dann Daggett
> > I'm hesitant to start giving read access to all the > > application's "run as" users to the ssl directories. > > Consequently Im wondering wehter the openssl > > libs have root access even though Apache might be running > > as "nobody"? Or, do I duplicate all the certs > > in each app's respe

RE: Long - Some questions about SSL, Client Authentication...

2003-09-05 Thread Bart J. Smit
IE only lets you select from certificates that have a root CA in common with the server certificate. This is independent of the web server platform. The web server presents its certificate as part of the SSL handshake, so IE does know the issuing CA from the certification path. Bart... -Orig

Re: Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Charles B Cranston
In my setup, I installed openssl to /usr/local/ssl. In that dir there is a /certs directory which is empty. However, in my source dir /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.7b/certs/ there over 20 .pem files (and their associated hashes) which look to be the trusted root certificates. Should those be copied to

Foundational questions

2003-09-05 Thread Dann Daggett
Greeting all, I am new to openssl and just joined this list. I've spent the last week reading the man pages, READMEs, INSTALLs, and every HOW-TO I can find regarding openssl and the apps I want to secure. I'm still a bit confused however, and am having some troubles. I certainly don't want all the

Re: FIPS mode

2003-09-05 Thread Ben Laurie
Chris Brook wrote: > If I read your reply right, responsibility for DAC and Known Answer Test > checking is the responsibility of the app developer, though you will provide > the DAC checksum for the crypto module. Have you also included the KATs, > since they essentially exist the OpenSSL test m

Re: FIPS mode

2003-09-05 Thread Ben Laurie
Mathias Brossard wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 11:55, Ben Laurie wrote: > >>>- What version of OpenSSL does it correspond to? 0.9.7b? >> >>"Yes, and the FIPS specific routines will be carried forward in future >>OpenSSL releases. Only the "cryptographic module" containing the >>relevant cryptog

Re: RSA: data too large

2003-09-05 Thread Andrew Stickland
Hi, I have a file containing 128 bytes of data (no CR/LF - yes, sorry I'm on Windows for this project). The original data was padded (ISO9796-2/1) in order to create this file. When trying to sign this data with rsautl using the following command:- openssl rsautl -in padded -inkey private.pem -

Re: FIPS mode

2003-09-05 Thread Rich Salz
It is unfortunate that the process could not have been more open, but I considered the goal worth that sacrifice, Not a problem for me. :) This is great -- one of the most exciting things I've seen in a long time! /r$ -- Rich Salz, Chief Security Architect DataPower Technology

Re: FIPS mode

2003-09-05 Thread Mathias Brossard
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 11:55, Ben Laurie wrote: > > - What version of OpenSSL does it correspond to? 0.9.7b? > > "Yes, and the FIPS specific routines will be carried forward in future > OpenSSL releases. Only the "cryptographic module" containing the > relevant cryptographic module implementations

OpenSSL request tracker downtime

2003-09-05 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
Hi! As I have just been informed, the Internet connectivity of the university will be down due to major restructurings in the power supply system from Friday (05 Sep 2003) afternoon until Monday (08 Sep 2003) morning (central european daylight savings time). The OpenSSL request tracker hosted in