On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 01:01:22AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote:
> When I submit mail to smtpd, Mozilla Seamonkey prompts me with the
> following:
> 
> This site has requested that you identify yourself with a certificate:
>   mail.targetmeister.com:587
>   Organization: ""
>   Issued Under: "StartCom Ltd."
> 
> 
> The above prompt only occurs the first time I send mail after restarting
> Seamonkey. I do have an email signer/recipient certificate stored in
> Seamonkey. I just comply with the above request by sending my certificate
> and my mail is successfully relayed.
> 
> My question: is OpenSMTPD asking my email client for a certificate when
> relaying mail?
> 

yup


> I'm just curious about what is going on. I'm fairly new to OpenSMTPD. This
> did not happen previously when using Postfix. Is this just additional
> automated security offered by OpenSMTPD?
>

yup, client certificate validation is output in the headers and will let
you known if the client has not presented a cert, presented a cert which
couldn't be verified/failed/succeeded.


-- 
Gilles Chehade

https://www.poolp.org                                          @poolpOrg

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