Looking for "getting started" guide.

2000-04-28 Thread Mike Frisch
I've just installed OpenSSL 0.94.3 on a Linux box with hopes of eventually setting up a secure POP3/IMAP server (perhaps using stunnel). Unfortunately, I am not sure where to start with respect to running my own test CA, and generating the required certificates for stunnel and then for client mach

Where to start?

2000-04-28 Thread Mike Frisch
I've just installed OpenSSL 0.94.3 on a Linux box with hopes of eventually setting up a secure POP3/IMAP server (perhaps using stunnel). Unfortunately, I am not sure where to start with respect to running my own test CA, and generating the required certificates for stunnel and then for client mach

Re: super-certs

2000-04-28 Thread Gao Yuhang
Thank you. One more stupid question. Does mod_ssl or some other materials explains how to hack netscape's browser? I would like to know that very much. Thanks again. __ Miss Yuhang Gao CERNET Regional Network Center, Dept. of Computer Sci. & En

BN functions and Solaris 7 'bc' disagree

2000-04-28 Thread Ted Powell
When I ran openssl-0.9.5a's "make test", the tmp.bntest file that was written contained (out of 1800+ tests) seven expressions which Solaris 7's 'bc' evaluated to give non-zero results. Repeated runs of 'bc' on the same tmp.bntest file gives identical results. I get the same anomalous results

RE: Q about the darkspell gadgets

2000-04-28 Thread Michael Wojcik
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Snyder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 1:21 PM > > This is a snippet of code from the darkspell gadgets. [A typical Stevens-style "readn" function.] > (Replace read with SSL_read and you have a reader for an SSL enabled > co

RE: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread Boyet, Adam C
No since in re-inveting the wheel. Does anyone have code that they would share? > -- > From: David Lang[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Proxy or Firewall > > -

RE: X509 kept in memory

2000-04-28 Thread Wade L. Scholine
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Wotring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: X509 kept in memory > > > > I have a client app that I wish to load a cert from disk on > startup, then > keep it in memory and use that s

how to use EVP_get_cipherbyname?

2000-04-28 Thread Ivan Sendin
Hi, I'm trying do make a small program to cypher a file - just for test. When I try to get "type" using EVP_get_cipherbyname it alwas returns NULL. There is some init to do before use this function?? thanks ivan __

RE: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread Hansknecht, Deborah A
A few comments included within... > -Original Message- > From: James Dabbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 28, 2000 5:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Proxy or Firewall ..deleted stuff > HTTP over SSL, though, works transparently through almost any

Q about the darkspell gadgets

2000-04-28 Thread Brian Snyder
This is a snippet of code from the darkspell gadgets. (Replace read with SSL_read and you have a reader for an SSL enabled connection). My question is why does this print out some code that is less then 4096 bytes...ever? It seems that this would not return and print the 'buf' until its read '

RE: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread David Lang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I just went through the research nessasary to program this. what actually happens is that the client connects to the http proxy, tells the http proxy where it wants to connect to, then after it is connected negotiates the SSL connection. At this point the proxy

Decrypt errors (Netscape Communicator 4.72)

2000-04-28 Thread Forrest Aldrich
We are seeing this error: [Fri Apr 28 11:44:46 2000] [error] OpenSSL: error:0407106B:rsa routines:RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_2:block type is not 02 [Fri Apr 28 11:44:46 2000] [error] OpenSSL: error:04065072:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PRIVATE_DECRYPT:padding check failed [Fri Apr 28 11:44:46 2000] [

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Re: Client Authentication??

2000-04-28 Thread Al Shaver
Michael - It's true that a cert won't function unless the cert holder also has the corresponding private key, but the ongoing discussion about these certs was assuming that the owner of the private/public key pair would distribute everything (cert, BOTH keys, etc) to other parties. Several respo

RE: super-certs

2000-04-28 Thread Salz, Rich
>I have seen many discussions on super-certs, but does anyone know about he >key features that makes a cert super? Or how does these certs come into >being? Can we use openssl to produce these kind of certs? This is the second time I have explained it in the past two weeks. It has been explained

Re: certificate

2000-04-28 Thread Leland V. Lammert
At 03:10 PM 4/27/00, you wrote: >So how to set this certificate, and do I write in httpsd.conf correctly, or maybe it >is possible to turn off >cache and no problem. The best FAQ right now is on www.apache-ssl.org. You settings for cache should work with the default httpsd.conf, .. so you might

Correction Re: Building OpenSSL-0.9.5a w/rsaref2 for WinNT - nextstep

2000-04-28 Thread John M. Mills
My builds ran ahead of my tests, and I was not so successful in Linux as I had thought: On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, John M. Mills wrote: > In Linux, I built './install/unix/rsaref.a' and copied it to > '/usr/local/ssl/lib/librsaref.a'. I was then able to configure ('linux-elf > rsaref no-rc4 no-idea');

RE: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread James Dabbs
Generally speaking, use of "raw" SSL through a proxy requires special setup changes in the proxy itself. Depending on the environment, this may also require a security waiver from the MIS department in charge of the proxy and a security screen on the endpoints in question. HTTP over SSL, though,

Re: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread Rudolf Schreiner
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Boyet, Adam C wrote: > Is it possible to use Net::SSLeay and OpenSSL to make a SSL request through > a proxy or firewall. SSL thru TCP-level firewalls is no problem. Cheers, Rudi __ OpenSSL Project

output certificate from CA

2000-04-28 Thread Colin Chalmers
Hi,   I've just starten playing about with openssl and have a question regarding the CA.   I would like to output a certificate to a file that I already have in my CA database. Unfortunately I only see how I can do this when I give the request with all the info, then I get the answer that the

Import of keys and certificates into Enterprise Server

2000-04-28 Thread Stefan Kelm
List, from the archives I know that this issue has been discussed before but I still do have a problem. We've generated keys and certificates w/ openssl and want to import those into Netscape's Enterprise Server 3.6 running under NT. Direct import isn't possible but apparently there used to be t

Re: super-certs

2000-04-28 Thread Gao Yuhang
I have seen many discussions on super-certs, but does anyone know about he key features that makes a cert super? Or how does these certs come into being? Can we use openssl to produce these kind of certs? Hazel __ Miss Yuhang Gao CERNET Regional

RE: Proxy or Firewall

2000-04-28 Thread Michal Otoupalik
Boyet, Adam C wrote: > > Is it possible to use Net::SSLeay and OpenSSL to make a SSL request through > a proxy or firewall. > Yes, it's possible. You must add some short code before SSL_Accept to make connection through proxy. If you use HTTP proxy, you may try something like this pseudocode: