Re: [Exim] TLS and certificate chains

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Sheldon Hearn
CC: exim-users, John Holman
Subject: Re: [Exim] TLS and certificate chains
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> If you have the GlobalSign root CA installed on the client, but require
> additional certificates in the chain, I think you're screwed when it
> comes to Exim.


But you won't be with Exim 4.03. John sussed this all out and sent a
patch which makes Exim send a chain of certificates to the client instead
of just one. (And I've just bought a book about SSL/TLS, so I might even
understand a bit more of this stuff in a few months' time.)

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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