[SR-Users] help to fix bug in TLS module.

Daniel-Constantin Mierla miconda at gmail.com
Fri Sep 3 12:50:46 CEST 2010


  Hello,

please use adequate subject. Your reported issue has nothing to do with 
a bug in tls module. Where you see the relation between proxy's tls 
module and what is not working for you?

Btw, if tls module is installed, you get self signed certificates in 
config directory.

Thanks,
Daniel


On 9/3/10 12:29 PM, peter_green lion wrote:
> hi all,
> I have configure to use TLS module,but i have a problem in step : 
> create key.
>
> i follow these step:
>
> Creating CA certificate
> -----------------------
> 1. create CA dir
> 	mkdir ca
> 	cd ca
> 	
> 2. create ca dir structure and files  (see ca(1))
> 	mkdir demoCA #default CA name, edit /etc/ss/openssl.cnf
> 	mkdir  demoCA/private
> 	mkdir demoCA/newcerts
> 	touch demoCA/index.txt
> 	echo 01>demoCA/serial
> 	
> 2. create CA private key
> 	openssl genrsa -out demoCA/private/cakey.pem 2048
> 	chmod 600 demoCA/private/cakey.pem
> 	
> 3. create CA self-signed certificate
> 	openssl req -out demoCA/cacert.pem   -x509 -new -key demoCA/private/cakey.pem
>
>
> Creating a server/client certificate
> ------------------------------------
> 1. create a certificate request (and its private key in privkey.pem)
> 	openssl req -out ser1_cert_req.pem -new -nodes
>     WARNING: the organization name should be the same as in the ca certificate.
> 	
> 2. sign it with the ca certificate
> 	openssl ca -in ser1_cert_req.pem -out ser1_cert.pem
> 	
> 3. copy ser1_cert.pem to your ser config. dir
>
>
> Setting ser to use the certificate
> ----------------------------------
> 1. create the ca list file:
> 	for each of your ca certificates that you intend to use do:
> 		cat cacert.pem>>calist.pem
> 	
> 2. copy your ser certificate, private key and ca list file to your
> 	intended machine (preferably in your ser cfg. directory, this is the
> 	default place ser searches for)
> 	
> 3. set up ser.cfg to use the certificate
> 	if your ser certificate name is different from cert.pem or it is not
> 	placed in ser cfg. directory, add to your ser.cfg:
> 		modparam("tls", "certificate", "/path/cert_file_name")
> 	
> 4. set up ser to use the private key
> 	if your private key is not contained in the certificate (or the
> 	 certificate name is not the default cert.pem), add to your ser.cfg:
> 		modparam("tls", "private_key", "/path/private_key_file")
> 	
> 5. set up ser to use the ca list (optional)
> 	add to your ser.cfg:
> 		modparam("tls", "ca_list", "/path/ca_list_file")
> 	
> 6. set up tls authentication options:
> 		modparam("tls", "verify_certificate", 1)
> 		modparam("tls", "require_certificate", 1)
> 	(for more information see the module parameters documentation)
>
> but in step : 2. sign it with the ca certificate(command :openssl ca -in ser1_cert_req.pem -out ser1_cert.pe
> )
> i have error and it openssl can not make file "ser1_cert.pem "
>
> the error is :
>
> [root at appliance ca]# openssl ca -in ser1_cert_req.pem -out ser1_cert.pem
> Using configuration from /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
> Error opening CA private key ../../CA/private/cakey.pem
> 15231:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or 
> directory:bss_file.c:352:fopen('../../CA/private/cakey.pem','r')
> 15231:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:354:
> unable to load CA private key
>
>
> please help me to fix it, or suggest to check and make it work.
> thanks all.
>
> Peter green
>
>
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-- 
Daniel-Constantin Mierla
http://www.asipto.com

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