Re: [apache-ssl] More then one trusted CA's in Apache-SSL ?
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Re: [apache-ssl] More then one trusted CA's in Apache-SSL ?



Could you elaborate, a bit, on the hash sym-links, please?

Thanks in advance,

  Dave
  dave@syncinc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
To: apache-ssl@lists.aldigital.co.uk <apache-ssl@lists.aldigital.co.uk>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [apache-ssl] More then one trusted CA's in Apache-SSL ?


>
>In article <35E17376.EFCC24D4@home.de> you wrote:
>> Michael Voucko wrote:
>>>
>>> I searched the archives because of this subject. There were a few posts
a little time ago
>>> but as far as I got through it there was no clear answer to this
question. Is there
>>> someone who solved the problem or can say that there's no way to do it.
>>>
>>> It's because I want to test a security proxy with a running Apache-SSL
server and I don't
>>> want to change anything with its configuration if possible so the chance
to add just a
>>> another trusted CA would ease a lot.
>
>> adding another trusted CA for the same virtual host is done by
>> concatenating the extra CA file to the old CA file , given by the
>> directive SSLCACertificateFile. I thought the directive
>> SSLCACertificatePath was used to do this, but putting my CAs down
>> there and hashlinking them did not do anything. Unfortunately Ben
>> did not mention the purpose of this directive anywhere.
>
>The SSLCACertificatePath serves the same purpose as SSLCaCertificateFile.
The
>difference is only the method SSLeay uses to access the individual
>certificates. So, as long as your hash-symlinks are setup correctly SSLeay
>should find the CA Certs in SSLCACertificatePath, too.
>
>Greetings,
>                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
>                                       rse@engelschall.com
>                                       www.engelschall.com
>