Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-18 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 04:50:06PM -0400, Dave Thompson wrote: > > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Carl Young > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 June, 2013 07:10 > > > Sorry for top-post - webmail :( > > > > In TLS, the server should not send the root certificate - it > > sends the chain

RE: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-18 Thread Dave Thompson
> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Carl Young > Sent: Tuesday, 18 June, 2013 07:10 > Sorry for top-post - webmail :( > > In TLS, the server should not send the root certificate - it > sends the chain up to, but not including, the root certificate. > > From (sorry) > http://te

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-18 Thread Saurabh Pandya
ating certificates, up to > but not including the root certificate from the CA, signed by the CA. > > > Carl > > > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] > on behalf of Cristian Thiago Moecke [cont...@cristiantm.com.br] > > Sent: 18 June

RE: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-18 Thread Carl Young
ian Thiago Moecke [cont...@cristiantm.com.br] Sent: 18 June 2013 11:43 To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate? If the only certificate that is shown is the server certificate, the server is not providing the certificate chain, only the ser

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-18 Thread Cristian Thiago Moecke
If the only certificate that is shown is the server certificate, the server is not providing the certificate chain, only the server certificate. This way, you wont be able to get the CA certificate from the SSL connection. Maybe your network admins want to fix that too. What is strange is that exc

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread A A
When I go to SSL site I see this message in fx: "You have asked Firefox to connect securely to news.ycombinator.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right

RE: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Dave Thompson
at it > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of A A > Sent: Monday, 17 June, 2013 20:58 > Unfortunately fx doesn't let me to export CA certificate. I can only > view server side certificate and export it. Also, marking the It works for me (in 20.1, I'm a little behind, but I doubt th

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread A A
Sorry for top posting, damm gmail web interface did that. I don't have mutt installed on this machine and it hurts. __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread A A
Unfortunately fx doesn't let me to export CA certificate. I can only view server side certificate and export it. Also, marking the exception as permanent doesn't make fx remember this setting and I need to accept the certificate warning every time I go to a new SSL site. I tried to import the certi

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Cristian Thiago Moecke
Ok, we have too much "maybe"s on an very open discussion that depends on so many variables... My intention is not to enter on a long discussion on security policies, I dont think the author of the first email is the network manager or the one that will deal with changing security policies, he only

RE: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Salz, Rich
Ø because from a workstation people may access external websites too. Like banks And perhaps they shouldn't. Have you seen the size of the built-in browser CA trust lists recently? And really, which is more likely: an in-house CA leads you astray, or you bring some external malware from the

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Cristian Thiago Moecke
Well... trusting a CA means you trust it for any website you access from the workstation. Adding exceptions means you trust it only for those specific sites. I would not recommend adding an untrustworthy in-house CA, because from a workstation people may access external websites too. Like banks, fo

RE: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Salz, Rich
Ø By the way, I would NOT recommend add a in-house probably unprotected CA as a trusted one. The exception is much better to deal with such cases. If it's a work machine, then absolutely trust the in-house CA, no matter how it is managed and protected. /r$ -- Principal Securi

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Cristian Thiago Moecke
By the way, I would NOT recommend add a in-house probably unprotected CA as a trusted one. The exception is much better to deal with such cases. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Cristian Thiago Moecke < cont...@cristiantm.com.br> wrote: > Its not an fx user list, but let me help you: > > On fir

Re: Is it possible to grab CA certificate?

2013-06-17 Thread Cristian Thiago Moecke
Its not an fx user list, but let me help you: On firefox side, you could 1) Add a permanente excepion (just make sure to check the appropriate checkbox on the exception dialog) so it wont ask you every time 2) Export the certificate, clicking on the lock icon on the URL bar and going to More Infor