[Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-25 Thread Magnus Holmgren
Actually, SSL/TLS isn't even enabled in accountd (nor in the accountd client code in prayer-session) and in fact requires some patching to get working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137

[Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-25 Thread Magnus Holmgren
Although ... I forgot that Prayer uses the UW IMAP C client library to connect to the IMAP server. That library does verify the server name against the certificate subject name(s). Only the connections to prayer- accountd are insecure, which I guess is all you said to begin with. accountd is even l

[Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-17 Thread Marc Deslauriers
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Re: [Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-17 Thread Jerry Zhang
Thanks Magnus, we are glad to hear that. 2014-10-17 4:04 GMT+08:00 Magnus Holmgren : > You're right, the client code doesn't seem to verify certificates, > making TLS mostly pointless. However, traffic between prayer/prayer- > session, prayer-accountd, and the backend LDAP server typically is ove

[Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-16 Thread Magnus Holmgren
You're right, the client code doesn't seem to verify certificates, making TLS mostly pointless. However, traffic between prayer/prayer- session, prayer-accountd, and the backend LDAP server typically is over the loopback interface or at least a trusted LAN, not over the public Internet, making the

[Bug 1374731] Re: X509 certificate verification problem

2014-10-12 Thread Jerry Zhang
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