Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-26 Thread Chris Jarshant
7;t really be trusted, and any app that does so is broken. cj - Original Message - From: "Jason Haar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Combine certificates into chain > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-26 Thread Rich Salz
P.S.: What's this talk of attempting an LDAP authentication when checking a cert's revocation status? Which server do you try to authenticate to, and who is then looking up the cert in some CRL? I know LDAP as well as directory schema but can't see what you are referring to. I'd

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Karl-Michael Werzowa
Yes, this we use as well. Using LDAP for the authentication, including certs, allows to forget the CRL-stuff, if you need it for authentication on a server or portal. And, compared to CRLs, it is much more real time. Am 2002-11-25 7:53 Uhr schrieb "Jimi Thompson" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... >

RE: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Jimi Thompson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:29:09PM -0800, Jimi Thompson wrote: > It is also interesting to note that for practical purposes Certificate > Revocation Lists are invalid. While they do exist and are part of the > standard, very few applications are written to take advantage of them. Once > a certific

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Jason Haar
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:29:09PM -0800, Jimi Thompson wrote: > It is also interesting to note that for practical purposes Certificate > Revocation Lists are invalid. While they do exist and are part of the > standard, very few applications are written to take advantage of them. Once > a certifi

RE: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Jimi Thompson
So Microsoft, trying to be "clever" again, seems to have fooled me into thinking the chain could be in the file, whereas now I know it isn't in my example file and I suspect it can never be. If anyone can confirm this, I'd be interested. Sebastian, This is indeed the case. The

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Sebastian Lisken
Well, I think I've figured it out by myself now. I found and read some information about the way Windows verifies certificates (trying to build a certificate chain with the certificates from its "trusted" store(s), assigning preference values to the chains found, and such). It

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-24 Thread Sebastian Lisken
> I'm curious. You say your CA gave you a PKCS12 file with > a cert in it, *and* a private key in it? Whose private key > did they give you? If it's yours, then you've just opened a huge security > hole by allowing them access to your private key. If it's someone > else's, can you send it to m

Re: Combine certificates into chain

2002-11-23 Thread Chris Jarshant
- Original Message - From: "Sebastian Lisken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Combine certificates into chain > > Hi, I have been issued a certificate by a CA. They make a > .pkcs12 file available with a password for