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

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
Date:  
To: exim-users
CC: William Gerken
Subject: Re: [Exim] TLS and Intermediate (root) certificates

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:13:57 GMT, Philip Hazel wrote:

> > 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...


Yeah, "mistake" here means incomplete or improper use of the API. :-)

> > Did you have any feedback to your call for SSL experts? (I am not one
> > of these)
>
> No, I didn't.


I'll scratch around on the FreeBSD mailing lists and see if any of the
OpenSSL gurus will bite. I'd urge folks on other technical mailing
lists to try the same.

Ciao,
Sheldon.