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From: Eray Aslan <eray.aslan@×××××××.tr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:33:35
Message-Id: 4BC09A15.7030102@caf.com.tr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem by Robin Atwood
1 On 10.04.2010 18:12, Robin Atwood wrote:
2 > That's very interesting, I have puzzled about STARTTLS stuff for years! How do
3 > I make sendmail trust the CAs?
4
5 This is neither necessary nor recommended for TLS.
6
7 > define(`CERT_DIR',`/etc/mail/certs')
8 > define(`confCACERT_PATH',`CERT_DIR')
9 > define(`confCACERT',`CERT_DIR/cacert.pem')
10 > define(`confSERVER_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
11 > define(`confSERVER_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
12 > define(`confCLIENT_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
13 > define(`confCLIENT_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
14
15 These 3 files (cacert.pem, cert.pem, key.pem) are for your own server.
16 It has been awhile since I used sendmail, but adding CA certificates to
17 CACERT_PATH should make sendmail trust them.
18
19 Again, this is contrary to "best practices". Do not trust third party
20 CA certificates unnecessarily. It might come back and bite you.
21
22 --
23 Eray

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