Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Howard Chu
Rich Megginson wrote: > Howard Chu wrote: >> At any rate, I've committed the preliminary code to CVS so you can >> tinker with it if you want. It will take a lot more beating on before >> it's actually usable. > Some Red Hat folks have been working on adding NSS support to OpenLDAP. >It's almo

Re: UTN-USERFirst-Object - "Can't verify signature

2008-08-13 Thread Kyle Hamilton
This is definitely a Java problem, not a Firefox issue. Since Sun does not do the OSX Java releases, the best place to file a bug report on this issue would be http://bugreport.apple.com/ -- an Apple Developer Center (ADC) ID is required to submit bug reports there. -Kyle H On Wed, Aug 13, 2008

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Howard Chu
Julien R Pierre - Sun Microsystems wrote: > Michael, > > Michael Ströder wrote: >> Wan-Teh Chang wrote: >>> Most NSS-based server applications open the NSS databases in >>> read-only mode, so they can run with multiple processes safely. But >>> client applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird o

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Julien R Pierre - Sun Microsystems
Michael, Michael Ströder wrote: > Wan-Teh Chang wrote: >> Most NSS-based server applications open the NSS databases in >> read-only mode, so they can run with multiple processes safely. But >> client applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird open the NSS >> databases in read-write mode. > > A

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Ströder
Wan-Teh Chang wrote: > Most NSS-based server applications open the NSS databases in > read-only mode, so they can run with multiple processes safely. But > client applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird open the NSS > databases in read-write mode. According to what Nelson said, cmsutil also

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Eddy Nigg
Frank Hecker: > Eddy Nigg wrote: >> Frank, where is the lack of consensus exactly? > > IIRC the reason I changed the wording to "potentially problematic" was > that some of the practices weren't necessarily "problematic" in all > contexts, at least IMO. Thus, for example, distributing private keys

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Frank Hecker
Eddy Nigg wrote: > Frank Hecker: >> Yes, I'll do that. (Incidentally, I'm now calling it the "potentially >> problematic practices" list, because there's a lack of consensus on the >> extent to which some of these practices are problems in general.) > > Frank, where is the lack of consensus exactl

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Eddy Nigg
Frank Hecker: > > Yes, I'll do that. (Incidentally, I'm now calling it the "potentially > problematic practices" list, because there's a lack of consensus on the > extent to which some of these practices are problems in general.) > Frank, where is the lack of consensus exactly? Are you referring t

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Frank Hecker
Frank Hecker wrote: > Robin Alden wrote: >> Frank, would you consider these practices of issuing certificates to >> hostnames* and also of issuing to non-internet routable IP addresses as >> being something to add to your problematic practices list? > > Yes, I'll do that. Done: https://wiki.moz

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Wan-Teh Chang
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Howard Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Ströder wrote: >> Well, the situation of stuffing everything in a directory/file with >> PEM-formatted certs is not better. And every software can have its own >> cert?.db. > > At least filesystems are known to safely

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Eddy Nigg
Robin Alden: >> I think an IP address is almost on the same level as a domain name, but >> even here there can be problems. For example if you are willing to >> validate dynamic assigned IP addresses, than this can be actively >> exploited obviously. An assigned IP may belong to somebody else withi

Re: UTN-USERFirst-Object - "Can't verify signature

2008-08-13 Thread bmo
Looking for more information on this issue, I've looked for signed applets that DO WORK on Firefox 3.0.1/mac osx. Again, 'works' is defined as if the applet is signed, with a valid cert, and chain of trust to a trusted root CA, then no scary-and- confusing-to-a-user messages should come up. Here's

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Frank Hecker
Frank Hecker wrote: > Frank Hecker wrote: >> I am now opening the first public discussion period for a request from >> Comodo to add the Comodo ECC Certification Authority root certificate >> to Mozilla and enable it for EV use. This is bug 421946, and Kathleen >> has produced an information doc

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Rich Megginson
Howard Chu wrote: > Michael Ströder wrote: >> I'd really appreciate if the OpenLDAP client libs could make use of >> client certs I have in my Mozilla profile. > > Don't be so sure; it's not as good as it sounds... Without the new > shared DB support in NSS, this would very likely corrupt your ce

Re: OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Ströder
Howard Chu wrote: > Michael Ströder wrote: >> I'd really appreciate if the OpenLDAP client libs could make use of >> client certs I have in my Mozilla profile. > > Don't be so sure; it's not as good as it sounds... Without the new > shared DB support in NSS, this would very likely corrupt your ce

Re: UTN-USERFirst-Object - "Can't verify signature

2008-08-13 Thread bmo
On Aug 12, 7:37 pm, "Kyle Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you perhaps post your certificate chain? > > -Kyle H > What is presented in the browser for the certificate chain: http://www.tryventi.com/certissue/trust1.png http://www.tryventi.com/certissue/trust2.png http://www.tryventi.c

OpenLDAP and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Howard Chu
Michael Ströder wrote: > I'd really appreciate if the OpenLDAP client libs could make use of > client certs I have in my Mozilla profile. Don't be so sure; it's not as good as it sounds... Without the new shared DB support in NSS, this would very likely corrupt your certDBs in short order. E.g.,

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Frank Hecker
Robin Alden wrote: > Sure, but CAs issue certificates to IP addresses too (as we discuss below) > yet the policy does not allow for the possibility. Either the policy is > imprecise, or it is being flouted by the CAs that issue certificates for IP > addresses. You're correct, this is a gap in our

JSS´s SignerInfo crashes firefox 3.0.1 and firefox 3 in Windows

2008-08-13 Thread fercufer
Hi, SignerInfo crashes firefox 3 in Windows. Below I put the code and the log files with Firefox 3.0.1 I have found a page about this bug. http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=lt&forumId=1&comments_parentId=86104 But there isn´t valid solution Do you know resolve it ? If

Re: Comparison of OpenSSL and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Ströder
Howard Chu wrote: > Likewise in the Mozilla Browser/nss_ldap situation, the credentials > needed for LDAP authentication will probably be quite different from the > credentials needed for web browsing or personal addressbook lookups. It > would be extremely bad if simply using Mozilla on a syste

Re: Comparison of OpenSSL and NSS

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Ströder
Howard Chu wrote: > Nelson B Bolyard wrote: >> Howard Chu wrote, On 2008-08-10 03:30: >> When one considers all the important reasons to choose a crypto >> implementation, support for one file format which is not used in any >> standard protocols (e.g. TLS, SMIME) doesn't seem like a biggie. > > T

Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-13 Thread Kyle Hamilton
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Eddy Nigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, Comodo would issue multiple certificates for the very > same domain name? You could have multiple valid certificates for > www.mozilla.com? Technically, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. Multiple I