Rich M answered my question in his recent post: > If you followed the other steps up until this one, then you already > have the required certs for slapd to use. You only need to export the > cert to the .pfx file if you need to import that key and cert into > another program (e.g. use openssl to convert the .pfx file to other > formats). So there apparently is not a need for the pk12 file in the alias directory. Thanks Rich, -- George George Holbert wrote: > A follow up question: why does pk12util need to be run against the > certificate db at all? Doesn't RedHat/Fedora DS read certificate and > key information directly from the cert8.db and key3.db files? > > In the RedHat SSL setup docs at: > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158 > ... it says: > >> Run pk12util to convert the certificate database to pkcs12 format, so >> it is accessbile by the Directory Server: > > > > As Adam Stokes mentioned, the incantation for this should be: > >> Again another typo the line should read >> >> pk12util -d . -P slapd-serverID- -o servercert.pk12 -n Server-Cert >> > But what does it buy you to have the "servercert.pk12" file sitting in > the alias directory with the cert and key db files? How does this > make the certificate database "accessible by the Directory Server"? > > In previous versions of Netscape DS, I don't recall the need for a > pk12 file in the alias directory. Is this a new requirement for > version 7.1 ? > > Thanks, > -- George > > > Adam Stokes wrote: > >> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:48:42 -0400 >> Kevin Kovach <kovach at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Kevin, >> >> Again another typo the line should read >> >> pk12util -d . -P slapd-serverID- -o servercert.pk12 -n Server-Cert >> >> and the -P option is the dbprefix in which case slapd-serverID- should >> be replaced with whatever you have setup as your slapd-<instance>- >> >> Hope this helps >> >> >> >>> Adam, >>> >>> My entry looks the same. I'm pretty certain I have the ciphers >>> correct now. >>> >>> I am curious about one thing though. In following the wiki, I did as >>> suggested and converted the cert db to pkcs12 with the following >>> command ... >>> >>> pk12util -d . -P slapd-serverID- -o servercert.pfx -n Server-Cert >>> >>> However, I don't see anywhere where we make FDS aware of >>> servercert.pfx? I'd assume that we need to configure FDS for this >>> pkcs12 db somewhere? >>> >>> Also, the wiki mentions the trailing - on the -P option but does not >>> go into depth on it. I'm pretty sure I executed this command >>> correctly but am unsure how to double check it? >>> >>> Thanks again. >>> >>> - Kevin >>> >>> On 8/3/05, Adam Stokes <astokes at redhat.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> dn: cn=encryption,cn=config >>>> objectClass: top >>>> objectClass: nsEncryptionConfig >>>> cn: encryption >>>> nsSSLSessionTimeout: 0 >>>> nsSSLClientAuth: allowed >>>> nsSSL2: off >>>> nsSSL3: on >>>> creatorsName: cn=server,cn=plugins,cn=config >>>> modifiersName: cn=directory manager >>>> createTimestamp: 20050701182744Z >>>> modifyTimestamp: 20050720192820Z >>>> nsSSL3Ciphers: >>>> - >>>> rsa_null_md5,rsa_rc4_128_md5,rsa_rc4_40_md5,rsa_rc2_40_md5,rsa_des_sha,rsa_fips_des_sha,rsa_3des_sha,rsa_fips_3des_sha,fortezza,fortezza_rc4_128_sha,fortezza_null,tls_rsa_export1024_with_rc4_56_sha,tls_rsa_export1024_with_des_cbc_sha >>>> >>>> nsKeyfile: alias/slapd-directory-key3.db nsCertfile: alias/slapd- >>>> directory-cert8.db numSubordinates: 1 >>>> >>>> Above is my entry for reference >>>> >>>> On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 13:57 -0400, Kevin Kovach wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks Nathan. I've made this change and again got farther than >>>>> I have before. >>>>> >>>>> FYI, I got that cipher list from the Wiki. That will need to be >>>>> updated to contain the complete list. >>>>> >>>>> Although I got farther the server is still not starting up. Now >>>>> it's complaining that none of the ciphers are valid? How to I >>>>> ensure that I'm using a valid cypher? Here's the error I'm >>>>> seeing in the error log ... >>>>> >>>>> [03/Aug/2005:13:56:23 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/7.1 >>>>> B2005.201.2115 starting up [03/Aug/2005:13:56:23 -0400] - SSL >>>>> failure: None of the cipher are valid >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again for the help. >>>>> >>>>> - Kevin >>>>> >>>>> And again have a different issue now. Now it's complaining that >>>>> there are no >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Fedora-directory-users mailing list >>>> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Take back the web, http://www.switch2firefox.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> Fedora-directory-users mailing list >>> Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >
