Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-25 Thread Christopher Cain
jean-frederic clere wrote: > > And the keystorePass is in server.xml but that is well know. > We should avoid things like "security through obscurancy" JF, I like you better and better every time you post :) - Christopher /** * Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux, et fondez vous en eau! * La moi

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-25 Thread Christopher Cain
Larry Isaacs wrote: > >>-Original Message- >>From: jean-frederic clere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:22 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation >> > [Snip] > >> &

RE: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-25 Thread Larry Isaacs
> -Original Message- > From: jean-frederic clere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation [Snip] > > > And the keystorePass is in server.xml but that is well

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-25 Thread jean-frederic clere
Attila Szegedi wrote: > > A quick look inside the source code of sun.security.provider.JavaKeyStore reveals >the following line in the getPreKeyedHash() method: > > md.update("Mighty Aphrodite".getBytes("UTF8")); > > Background: They're storing a MD5 hash of the password in the keystore to en

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-25 Thread Attila Szegedi
A quick look inside the source code of sun.security.provider.JavaKeyStore reveals the following line in the getPreKeyedHash() method: md.update("Mighty Aphrodite".getBytes("UTF8")); Background: They're storing a MD5 hash of the password in the keystore to ensure the keystore was not tampered.

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-23 Thread Christopher Cain
Ahh ... I see. It needs to be the same JDK where JSSE was installed in order to specify RSA as the algorithm. Applied the patches. Thanks! Quoting Patrick Luby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Christopher, > > You are correct that this problem has nothing to do with Tomcat. > Instead, it is a merely a p

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-23 Thread Patrick Luby
Christopher, You are correct that this problem has nothing to do with Tomcat. Instead, it is a merely a problem that comes from having more than 1 JDK installation on your local host. Specifically, the problem I described shows up on Unix platforms where your $PATH environment variable points to

Re: [PATCH] SSL how-to documentation

2001-09-23 Thread Christopher Cain
Hi Patrick. Could you explain this a little further? Actually creating a keystore using keytool of course has nothing to do with Tomcat per se, so I assume you mean that the keystore created might not work with Tomcat. Under what conditions would a keystore generated by one JDK not work with an