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[Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird
From: |
David Given |
Subject: |
[Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:12:39 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) |
Simon Josefsson wrote:
[...]
> That error happens if the server doesn't offer a ciphersuite that the
> client can accept. Often this is caused by missing X.509 CA and/or
> server certificate. Check with 'gnutls-cli' what key exchange is
> negotiated. If it is ANON, most clients will refuse to talk to you.
>
> Btw, example 7.4.5 is for anonymous authentication, try 7.4.1 instead.
> It is easy to change things, just add a X.509 credential and assign it
> to the session.
Thanks. I was rather hoping to do without --- having to create a self-signed
certificate adds quite a lot of complexity to my install procedure --- but if
I have to...
Incidentally, creating a private key with certtool takes several minutes.
Doing the same with openssl req appears to be more or less instant. Is this
normal?
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- [Help-gnutls] SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, David Given, 2007/02/06
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, Simon Josefsson, 2007/02/07
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird,
David Given <=
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, Simon Josefsson, 2007/02/08
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, David Given, 2007/02/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, Simon Josefsson, 2007/02/12
- [Help-gnutls] gnutls open pgp, dellanna, 2007/02/12
- [Help-gnutls] Re: SMTP TLS & Thunderbird, David Given, 2007/02/12