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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:04:28
Message-Id: 201004101704.55645.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem by Eray Aslan
1 On Saturday 10 April 2010 16:32:37 Eray Aslan wrote:
2 > On 10.04.2010 18:12, Robin Atwood wrote:
3 > > That's very interesting, I have puzzled about STARTTLS stuff for years!
4 > > How do I make sendmail trust the CAs?
5 >
6 > This is neither necessary nor recommended for TLS.
7
8 Why would that be?
9
10 > > define(`CERT_DIR',`/etc/mail/certs')
11 > > define(`confCACERT_PATH',`CERT_DIR')
12 > > define(`confCACERT',`CERT_DIR/cacert.pem')
13 > > define(`confSERVER_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
14 > > define(`confSERVER_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
15 > > define(`confCLIENT_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
16 > > define(`confCLIENT_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
17 >
18 > These 3 files (cacert.pem, cert.pem, key.pem) are for your own server.
19 > It has been awhile since I used sendmail, but adding CA certificates to
20 > CACERT_PATH should make sendmail trust them.
21 >
22 > Again, this is contrary to "best practices". Do not trust third party
23 > CA certificates unnecessarily. It might come back and bite you.
24
25 Can you please explain this?
26
27 --
28 Regards,
29 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] STARTTLS verification problem Eray Aslan <eray.aslan@×××××××.tr>