In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, travis57
@clothes.megalink.net says...
> This was originaly posted to alt.netscape, where it was suggested i post 
> it to netscape.public.mozilla.security. As either that group does not 
> exist, or is not availible on my news server, i chose this group as the 
> next likely choice.
> 
> So here is the original message...
> 
> First of all, i make my own certificates, using my own Root CA.
> For a background, the certs are generated using OpenSSL on a Linux 
> server (with Mod_SSL running on Apache).
> The certs work fine with MSIE.
> 
> Under netscape, i am able to install the Root certificate into the 
> trusted roots, but i am unable to view the SSL page.
> Netscape gives me an error that either the cert is corrupted, or the 
> other one that pops up is that the cert is "not approved for this type 
> of application". Now when the certs are generated, they are approved for 
> all types of applications by default (even certificate signing).
> For an example of what i mean, go to 
> http://travis5765.homelinux.net/ca.php
> (its a dyndns.org domain so its only availible when i'm online, which is 
> most of the day)
> You should have no trouble installing the cert. now, change the http to 
> https and load the page. Every time i try just that, it gives me an 
> error of some sort (depending on the version of Netscape i try it with).
> 
> So, to make a long story longer, what is required of a site certificate 
> to be viewable from Netscape?
> 
> I thank you in advance for any help.
> 

At least one problem is that you are including the pathlen parameter 
with CA=FALSE. Omit this because it is illegal as is mentioned in 
doc/openssl.txt .

Steve.

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