SRP problem in OpenSSL 1.0.1 beta

2012-01-10 Thread Norm Green
Hi, I am testing my application with the 1.0.1 beta and noticed the errors generated are not very friendly when SRP credentials are incorrect. The problem is that the error codes returned in no way indicate that the problem is incorrect credentials. Instead I see errors about bad record mac

Re: SRP problem in OpenSSL 1.0.1 beta

2012-01-10 Thread Peter Sylvester
On 01/10/2012 04:52 AM, Norm Green wrote: Hi, I am testing my application with the 1.0.1 beta and noticed the errors generated are not very friendly when SRP credentials are incorrect. The problem is that the error codes returned in no way indicate that the problem is incorrect credentials.

Re: SRP problem in OpenSSL 1.0.1 beta

2012-01-10 Thread Peter Sylvester
an excerpt from rfc 5054 paragraph 3.3 If an attacker learns a user's SRP verifier (e.g., by gaining access to a server's password file), the attacker can masquerade as the real server to that user, and can also attempt a dictionary attack to recover that user's password. An

Re: SRP problem in OpenSSL 1.0.1 beta

2012-01-10 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 1/10/2012 11:38 AM, Peter Sylvester wrote: an excerpt from rfc 5054 paragraph 3.3 If an attacker learns a user's SRP verifier (e.g., by gaining access to a server's password file), the attacker can masquerade as the real server to that user, and can also attempt a dictionary attack

SRP problem in OpenSSL 1.0.1 beta

2012-01-10 Thread Norm Green
Hi, I am testing my application with the 1.0.1 beta and noticed the errors generated are not very friendly when SRP credentials are incorrect. The problem is that the error codes returned in no way indicate that the problem is incorrect credentials. Instead I see errors about bad record mac