Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 6, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Jakob Bohm via openssl-users > wrote: > >> While the point of EV was that it certified a binding to a (domain + >> business name) >> rather than just a domain with DV, it turned out that displaying the >> business name >> was also subject to abuse, and the

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Jakob Bohm via openssl-users
On 06/12/2018 21:16, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Dec 6, 2018, at 3:06 PM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote: So, a CA that's supposed to validate its customer before issuing a certificate, may do a "more sloppy job" if he doesn't cough up some extra money. I think Peter is exactly right

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 6, 2018, at 3:06 PM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL > wrote: > > So, a CA that's supposed to validate its customer before issuing a > certificate, may do a "more sloppy job" if he doesn't cough up some extra > money. > > I think Peter is exactly right here. CA either do their job,

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL
>> Quoting from Peter Gutmann's "Engineering Security", >> section "EV Certificates: PKI-me-Harder" >> >> Indeed, cynics would say that this was exactly the problem that >> certificates and CAs were supposed to solve in the first place, and >> that

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Jakob Bohm via openssl-users
On 06/12/2018 11:48, Michael Ströder wrote: On 12/6/18 10:03 AM, Jakob Bohm via openssl-users wrote: On 05/12/2018 17:59, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: IIRC Apple's Safari is ending support for EV, and some say that EV has failed, and are not sorry to see it go. This is very bad for security.  So

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Michael Ströder
On 12/6/18 10:03 AM, Jakob Bohm via openssl-users wrote: > On 05/12/2018 17:59, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: >> IIRC Apple's Safari is ending support for EV, and some say that EV >> has failed, and are not sorry to see it go. > > This is very bad for security.  So far the only real failures have > been:

[openssl-users] AssAccess was passed with no amendments

2018-12-06 Thread open...@foocrypt.net
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Re: [openssl-users] [EXTERNAL] Re: Self-signed error when using SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations CApath

2018-12-06 Thread Jakob Bohm via openssl-users
On 05/12/2018 00:50, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 04:15:11PM +0100, Jakob Bohm via openssl-users wrote: Care to create a PR against the "master" branch? Something along the lines of: "Provided chain ends with untrusted self-signed certificate" or better. Here

Re: [openssl-users] Question on necessity of SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list

2018-12-06 Thread Jakob Bohm via openssl-users
On 05/12/2018 17:59, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Dec 5, 2018, at 4:49 AM, Jan Just Keijser wrote: The only reason to use OCSP I currently have is in Firefox: if you turn off "Query OCSP responder servers" in Firefox then EV certificates will no longer show up with their owner/domain name. IIRC