Re: [Exim] TLS and Intermediate (root) certificates

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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Para: Sheldon Hearn
CC: William Gerken, exim-users
Assunto: Re: [Exim] TLS and Intermediate (root) certificates
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> I've done a bit of research and found at least one 3rd party support
> article that claims IE6+OutlookExpress6 has a problem with self-signed
> certificates.
>
> I get the same behaviour from OutlookExpress6 with both my POP3S server
> and with Exim.
>
> So I'm not sure that this is definitely Exim's fault, although it's
> possible the POP3S server's making the same mistake as Exim.


Exim just calls OpenSSL functions. It doesn't do *anything* itself in
the cryptographic area. Of course, it may be calling OpenSSL
incorrectly...

> Did you have any feedback to your call for SSL experts? (I am not one
> of these)


No, I didn't.

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