Hi Dj and thanks for doing this,

On Tue, Mar 10, at 11:23 DJ Lucas wrote:
> DJ Lucas wrote:
> > Unfortunately, we also need a populated certs file now for gnome keyring 
> > in 2.24.3.
> >   
> ...and now can be utilized by openssl, postfix, httpd, and a few others 
> that slip my mind ATM.
>

... also by curl in a SSL negotiation, when used with the "--cacert"
option. It's also possible to set the environment variable
'CURL_CA_BUNDLE'. The "--cacert" option overrides the variable.

They also provide a Makefile target 'make ca-bundle' to extract the key
from mozilla.org. The same script can be found online (requires a few
basic Perl modules):

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html

> I've put up a local copy of the book with the proposed change (this does 
> not account for any changes to actually use the file).  Text is taken 
> mostly (paraphrased) from Dan's comments in this thread, with additional 
> explanation from Wikipedia.  Should probably add Bruce's comments about 
> https to provide a real example.  Any corrections, suggestions, etc. are 
> appreciated. 


> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/BLFS/postlfs/rootcerts.html

Some typos.

certificates that contain the both the name of the host
                          ~~~
and anually undergo a 
    ~~~~~~~
ships with producsts from Mozilla.
           ~~~~~~~~~
> -- DJ Lucas

Regards,
Ag.
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