On Saturday 10 April 2010, Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 10 April 2010 16:32:37 Eray Aslan wrote:
> > On 10.04.2010 18:12, Robin Atwood wrote:
> > > That's very interesting, I have puzzled about STARTTLS stuff for years!
> > > How do I make sendmail trust the CAs?
> >
> > This is neither necessary nor recommended for TLS.
>
> Why would that be?
>
> > > define(`CERT_DIR',`/etc/mail/certs')
> > > define(`confCACERT_PATH',`CERT_DIR')
> > > define(`confCACERT',`CERT_DIR/cacert.pem')
> > > define(`confSERVER_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
> > > define(`confSERVER_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
> > > define(`confCLIENT_CERT',`CERT_DIR/cert.pem')
> > > define(`confCLIENT_KEY',`CERT_DIR/key.pem')
> >
> > These 3 files (cacert.pem, cert.pem, key.pem) are for your own server.
> > It has been awhile since I used sendmail, but adding CA certificates to
> > CACERT_PATH should make sendmail trust them.
> >
> > Again, this is contrary to "best practices". Do not trust third party
> > CA certificates unnecessarily. It might come back and bite you.
>
> Can you please explain this?
I am curious too!
-Robin
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Robin Atwood.
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Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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