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Clem Taylor schrieb:
> Hi,
Hello Clem,

> Firefox seems to accept the subjectAltName extension, but I'm having
> troubles getting firefox to trust the additional level of certificate
> hierarchy.
[...]

> Root CA cert (self signed) [added to trust store on browser]
>   Device CA cert (signed by Root CA)
>       Per device CA cert (signed by Device CA)
>            Per device HTTPS cert (signed by Per Device CA)

> The https server is configured to send the entire certificate chain
> and firefox has the 'Root CA' added to its trust store. When I try
> connecting firefox returns the familiar "Error Code: -8182" and the
> server throws a 'sslv3 alert bad certificate' 'SSL alert number 42'.
> If I run 'openssl s_client -verify 3' and give openssl the root
> certificate, it verifies the chain without errors.
> 
> If I configure the https server to not send the entire certificate
> chain, then firefox gives the expected 'Website Certified by an
> Unknown Authority' dialog. So firefox accepts the cert, but doesn't
> like the cert chain. I also tried having the https server send the
> https cert and the 'per device ca' cert, which results in the 'bad
> certificate' error. So firefox thinks the cert is okay, but doesn't
> like the chain.
> 
> Any suggestions on what might be wrong or something else to try? I'd
> imagine this is another 'firefox doesn't like x' problems like I had
> when I tried to use 2048 bit DSA keys.

Without the certificate chain,
it is speculating without data...

Bye

Goetz

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