I would probably have to see the protocol exchange to  in order to 
understand what is happening.


On 07/23/2014 06:59 PM, Johan Hattne wrote:
> Thanks Ken, I’ll keep that in mind.  In this particular case (and with your 
> earlier patch applied) it appears that http_auth() in cyrus-imap’s httpd.c 
> returns SASL_CONTINUE.  The comment around line 3272 says “Need another step 
> to complete authentication”, but the caller (response_header(), line ~2270) 
> appears not to invoke that other step.
>
> I tested this by calling http_auth() again if it returns SASL_CONTINUE, and 
> that authenticated me.
>
> // Johan
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2014, at 13:30, Ken Murchison <mu...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I had issues with the Apple clients and Digest.  Unless you really need 
>> Digest, I'd recommend using TLS + Basic.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/23/2014 01:27 PM, Johan Hattne wrote:
>>> Hi Ken;
>>>
>>> That fixes the crash but results in a “401 Unauthorized”.  I’ll look into 
>>> that a bit more at the next opportunity.
>>>
>>> This is using Contacts (8.0 1371) on an up-to-date OS X 10.9.4.  It also 
>>> works on the iPhone (iOS 7.1.2).
>>>
>>> // Johan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:55, Ken Murchison <mu...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Johan,
>>>>
>>>> I believe this issue is fixed by the following commit: 
>>>> http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-sasl/commit/?id=76ce885a44e7cb511ba54ceae46349036abb9cc8
>>>>
>>>> BTW, which CardDAV client is using Digest?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/22/2014 01:48 PM, Johan Hattne wrote:
>>>>> While PLAIN authentication works fine, I had the https daemon crash 
>>>>> during DIGEST-MD5 authentication.  The crash turned out to be a divide 
>>>>> error in libdigestmd5 from cyrus-sasl.  In particular (in cyrus-sasl’s 
>>>>> plugins/digestmd5.c):
>>>>>
>>>>>    /* Create an initial cache entry for non-persistent HTTP connections */
>>>>>    unsigned val = hash((char *) nonce) % text->reauth->size;
>>>>>
>>>>> would fail due to text->reauth->size being zero.  If I’m reading this 
>>>>> correctly, this appears to be the effect of initializing the plugin (as 
>>>>> done in digestmd5_server_plug_init(), defined in same file as the snippet 
>>>>> above) with an undefined reauth_timeout.  And indeed, adding 
>>>>> "sasl_reauth_timeout: 10” to /etc/imapd.conf makes the crash go away.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn’t expect a configuration without reauth_timeout to crash imapd, 
>>>>> but I haven’t done enough research to be sure, nor to tell where the 
>>>>> problem lies should this be a real issue.  Any further insight is greatly 
>>>>> appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> // Cheers; Johan
>>>>>
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>>>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Kenneth Murchison
>> Principal Systems Software Engineer
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>


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