Hello, I'm using a dovecot as proxy, connecting to one or more backends. The backends use X.509 certificates.
The proxy's passdb returns extra fields: user=foo proxy host=backend1.<domain> ssl=yes nopassword=y Thus the proxy connects to the backend but can't verify the backends certificate. The following comment suggests using ssl_client_ca_file for that. # Directory and/or file for trusted SSL CA certificates. These are used only # when Dovecot needs to act as an SSL client (e.g. imapc backend). The # directory is usually /etc/ssl/certs in Debian-based systems and the file is # /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem in RedHat-based systems. #ssl_client_ca_dir = #ssl_client_ca_file = ssl_client_ca_file = /tmp/certs/ca-local.pem But that does not work! Instead I've to use ssl_ca # PEM encoded trusted certificate authority. Set this only if you intend to use # ssl_verify_client_cert=yes. The file should contain the CA certificate(s) # followed by the matching CRL(s). (e.g. ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem) # ssl_ca = ssl_ca = </tmp/certs/ca-local.pem Bug or feature? Mainly I'm asking because the comments do not indicate that I should have used ssl_ca for this type of operation (dovecot as a SSL client) Best regards from Dresden/Germany Viele Grüße aus Dresden Heiko Schlittermann -- SCHLITTERMANN.de ---------------------------- internet & unix support - Heiko Schlittermann, Dipl.-Ing. (TU) - {fon,fax}: +49.351.802998{1,3} - gnupg encrypted messages are welcome --------------- key ID: F69376CE - ! key id 7CBF764A and 972EAC9F are revoked since 2015-01 ------------ -
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