Re: mod_ssl Client authentication question

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On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Sean Conner <spc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It was thus said that the Great Brian Mearns once stated:
>>
>> Thanks for the detailed response, Sean. I'm still not entirely clear
>> on one thing, though: If I created my own certificate and gave the the
>> organization name "Conman Laboratories" and an Organzational unit name
>> of "Clients", would I be able to get onto your site? I'm 90% sure that
>> the answer is NO, because I'm not signed by the CA specified by the
>> SSLCACertificateFile directive, but the Apache documentation, as I
>> interpreted it, is not explicit that this directive applies an
>> implicit condition to the SSLRequire directive.
>
>  I think it does.  The client certificate didn't work util I added the CA
> Certificate to the file pointed to by SSLCACertificateFile.  If I were to
> add your CA Certificate to that file, then yes, you should be able to sign
> certificates with an organization name "Conman Laboratories" and a unit name
> of "Clients" and have it accepted.
>
>  Of course, you could always try signing a certificate with said
> information and see what happens.
>
>  -spc
>

Thanks, again, Sean. I appreciate the help.
-Brian

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