RE: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS

2013-07-26 Thread Carl Young
As far as I remember, the use of MD5 is only allowed in TLS 1 for the specific use within the PRF for key generation as the __combination__ of SHA-1 and MD5 is not considered weak usage. Use of MD5 elsewhere is still disallowed. Carl From:

Re: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS

2013-07-26 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013, Carl Young wrote: As far as I remember, the use of MD5 is only allowed in TLS 1 for the specific use within the PRF for key generation as the __combination__ of SHA-1 and MD5 is not considered weak usage. Use of MD5 elsewhere is still disallowed. It is also permitted

RE: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS

2013-07-26 Thread Perrow, Graeme
-Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Stephen Henson Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:39 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS On Fri, Jul 26, 2013, Carl Young wrote

Re: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS

2013-07-26 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013, Perrow, Graeme wrote: If I do openssl x509 -in mycert.crt -text I see Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption. There's no mention of MD5 here but since OpenSSL is attempting to load it, I assume it's using the MD5-SHA1 combination. If that *is* permitted, why am I

RE: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS

2013-07-26 Thread Carl Young
...@openssl.org [owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] on behalf of Perrow, Graeme [graeme.per...@sap.com] Sent: 26 July 2013 14:10 To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: Using MD5 certificates in OpenSSL FIPS If I do openssl x509 -in mycert.crt -text I see Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption. There's