hi, 

  i have a problem where a ssl connection is getting established even when the 
certificate is not yet valid.
  the steps that leads to that point are as below.
  
  1. run openssl s_server in a machine say C using a
     self signed certificate.
     e.g. openssl s_server -accept 1111 -Verify -1 
     -CAfile clientcert.pem -key serverkey.pem
     -cert servercert.pem 

  2. now i run a s_client in another machine say C.
     e.g. openssl s_client -connect C:1111 -CAfile
     servercert.pem -key clientkey.pem -cert
     clientcert.pem

  3. The connection gets established as expected.

  4. I disconnect the client. And change the time of
     the machine running server i.e. S to say 10
     years before so that the clientcert will be
     considered as not yet valid.
  5. now when i run s_client again the same way as
     in step 2 it successfully gets connected to the
     server. This should not happend.

   The other observations are as below
   A. If i repeat the same thing by advancing the
      time of Machine A to say 10 years so that the
      client certificate expires, in the same order
      as above then client is unable to connect
      which is the desired behaviour.
   
   B  I start the server and change the time 10 
      years before and then try to connect the 
      client then as expected the connection is
      not established as expected. Please note this
      time i have not made a previous connection
      before changing the time.
 
   Could anyone please help me in this regard as to
what should be done to rectify the problem.
   Also could anyone please let me know what has to
be done in case where a connection is established
after authenticating with a valid certificate but
the certificate expires before the connection is 
closed. 

thanks 
kaushik
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