Why is this legacy issue still around?

-Kyle H

On 1/25/06, Andrew Teklemariam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One possible reason: nsCertType.  Firefox requires a 'server' key usage to
> use it as a server cert.
> nsCertType = server, email, ...
> -andrew
>
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:02 PM
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> Subject: Problems with FF cert that works on IE and Opera
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>
> I have created a chain of certificates as follows:
> A Self signed CA certificate
> A server certificate
>
> A client certificate:
> openssl genrsa -des3 -out client.key 4096
>
> Client sign request:
> openssl req -new -key client.key -out client.csr
>
> I signed the CSR with my CA:
> openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in client.csr -CA STCCA.crt -CAkey STCCA.key
> -set_serial 01 -out client.crt
>
> I then exported the crt to pcks12:
> openssl pkcs12 -export -in client.crt -out client.p12 -inkey client.key
> -name "Subversion"
>
> I can import and use this certificate successfully using IE and Opera. This
> certificate fails for "unknown reasons" when I import with Firefox 1.0.7 and
> 1.5. I tried exporting the CA certificate just for the heck of it using the
> same command and this certificate imports correctly. What is going on? I
> suspected the certificate was broken until it worked in IE. Then I suspected
> the format was wrong until I exported the CA certificate the same way and it
> worked. Please bring some sanity to my crazy world. Thanks
> Brian Fox
>
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