Re: certificate based authentication: How do I create certificate-files

2003-07-26 Thread Vadim Fedukovich
Dear Torsten, concatenating some certificates into a single file would not automagically make every client and server follow the rules. To enforce it, one can check something while doing SSL handshake or immediately after the handshake before sending application data. Servers could get client

RE: FQDN

2003-07-26 Thread Rich Salz
I still don't understand where you're disagreeing with me. Your attack includes things like hijacking and redirection, which is not part of an MITM attack. Your postings also seem to come down on both sides of succesful as to whether or not that is part of MITM. If the MITM isn't

authentication system

2003-07-26 Thread Z. S.Ghand
Hi; I want to write an authentication system which use symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. I wrote a client server program that client use tcp/ip protocol to connect to server. now i want to create CA with openssl to issue certificate for my servers. i don't know how i must teransfer

SSL programming question.

2003-07-26 Thread Shashank Khanvilkar
Hi, WIll appreciate any help for the following questions: 1. I am looking at one example program that secures a TCP connection with SSLv2. (With functiones like SSL_connect, SSL_read, SSL_write etc.) You can take a look at the specific function

mysql re-configure and openssl

2003-07-26 Thread Jerry Weinstein
Users, I need some advice. I am running Mandrake 9.1 with 98 mb RAM. I recently downloaded and installed the RPMs for glibc 3.2.2 and openssl 0.9.7a. My objective is to first make the MySQL database server as secure as it can be and installing openssl is my first step. In order to do

RE: mysql re-configure and openssl

2003-07-26 Thread Bart J. Smit
Hi Jerry, MySQL is not compiled with OpenSSL support by default. You will need to recompile the MySQL binaries with OpenSSL support, using the command supplied. Follow the instructions in http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source.html. Bart -Original Message- From:

RE: mysql re-configure and openssl

2003-07-26 Thread keitz
Hello, I have recently put together a MySQL installation procedure which might be useful for what you are trying to do. My procedure is based upon Redhat Linux 9, but I suspect that it should work just as well for Mandrake. In section 3.3, you would need to add your specific configuration

Re: FQDN

2003-07-26 Thread Geoff Thorpe
Hi David, I'm going to exist myself from this discussion at the conclusion of this mail - it's consumed enough list bandwidth without further eating into my own limited resources. Clipping; On July 25, 2003 11:48 pm, David Schwartz wrote: [snip] Not at all. SSL with comparison of the

RE: FQDN

2003-07-26 Thread Rich Salz
There is no law that says the MITM must pass any traffic to any particular party. Yes there is. The law of definition of MITM If he can get plaintext out of A without sending anything ever to B, then he has won and he's still a man in the middle. The key is that he can intercept and