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Re: SSL strangeness

To: Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>
Subject: Re: SSL strangeness
From: Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:54:21 -0700
Cc: openldap-software@openldap.org
In-reply-to: <87639xpddl.fsf@rubin.avci.de>
References: <4AE99F1C.2010308@lih.rwth-aachen.de> <87fx92urqv.fsf@rubin.avci.de> <4AE9EF19.1070702@lih.rwth-aachen.de> <87pr85jvtv.fsf@rubin.avci.de> <4AEA8B02.8000805@symas.com> <87639xpddl.fsf@rubin.avci.de>
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Dieter Kluenter wrote:
> Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> writes:
> 
>> Dieter Kluenter wrote:
>>> GnuTLS cannot handle the subjectAltName attribute, thus if eihter
>>> client and/or server are linked with libgnutls it will cause such
>>> problem. 
>>
>> False.
> 
> OK,
> https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?106975
> has been fixed.

Note that this bug only affected certificates that contained XMPP
subjectAltNames. Since XMPP names are relatively new, most certs aren't
affected by this bug.

-- 
  -- Howard Chu
  CTO, Symas Corp.           http://www.symas.com
  Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
  Chief Architect, OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org/project/

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