1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY certhost "http://mxr.mozilla.org">
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8 | <!ENTITY certdir "/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins">
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9 | <!ENTITY ca-bundle-download "&certhost;&certdir;/certdata.txt?raw=1">
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10 | <!ENTITY ca-bundle-size "1.2 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY cacerts-buildsize "1.2 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY cacerts-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="cacerts" xreflabel="Certificate Authority Certificates">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="cacerts.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Certificate Authority Certificates</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The Public Key Inrastructure is used for many security issues in a
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26 | Linux system. In order for a certificate to be trusted, it must be signed by
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27 | a trusted agent called a Certificate Authority (CA). The certificates loaded
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28 | by this section are from the list on the Mozilla version control system and
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29 | formats it into a form used by <xref linkend='openssl'/>. The certificates
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30 | can also be used by other applications either directly of indirectly through
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31 | <application>openssl</application>.</para>
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32 |
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33 | &lfs70_checked;
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34 |
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35 | <indexterm zone="cacerts">
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36 | <primary sortas="a-cacerts">Certificate Authority Certificates</primary>
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37 | </indexterm>
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38 |
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39 | <sect2 role="package">
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40 | <title>Introduction to Certificate Authorities</title>
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>CA Certificate Download: <ulink url="&ca-bundle-download;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>CA Bundle size: &ca-bundle-size;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &cacerts-buildsize;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated build time: &cacerts-time;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | </itemizedlist>
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57 |
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58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Certificate Authority Certificates Dependencies</bridgehead>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="openssl"/></para>
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62 |
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63 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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64 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/cacerts'/></para>
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65 | </sect2>
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66 |
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67 | <sect2 role="installation">
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68 | <title>Installation of Certificate Authority Certificates</title>
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69 |
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70 | <para>First create a script to reformat a certificate into a
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71 | form needed by <application>openssl</application>. As the <systemitem
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72 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen><userinput>cat > /bin/make-cert.pl << "EOF"
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75 | #!/usr/bin/perl -w
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76 |
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77 | # Used to generate PEM encoded files from Mozilla certdata.txt.
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78 | # Run as ./mkcrt.pl > certificate.crt
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79 | #
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80 | # Parts of this script courtesy of RedHat (mkcabundle.pl)
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81 | #
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82 | # This script modified for use with single file data (tempfile.cer) extracted
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83 | # from certdata.txt, taken from the latest version in the Mozilla NSS source.
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84 | # mozilla/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt
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85 | #
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86 | # Authors: DJ Lucas
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87 | # Bruce Dubbs
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88 |
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89 | my $certdata = './tempfile.cer';
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90 |
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91 | open( IN, "cat $certdata|" )
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92 | || die "could not open $certdata";
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93 |
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94 | my $incert = 0;
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95 |
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96 | while ( <IN> )
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97 | {
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98 | if ( /^CKA_VALUE MULTILINE_OCTAL/ )
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99 | {
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100 | $incert = 1;
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101 | open( OUT, "|openssl x509 -text -inform DER -fingerprint" )
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102 | || die "could not pipe to openssl x509";
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103 | }
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104 |
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105 | elsif ( /^END/ && $incert )
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106 | {
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107 | close( OUT );
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108 | $incert = 0;
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109 | print "\n\n";
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110 | }
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111 |
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112 | elsif ($incert)
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113 | {
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114 | my @bs = split( /\\/ );
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115 | foreach my $b (@bs)
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116 | {
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117 | chomp $b;
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118 | printf( OUT "%c", oct($b) ) unless $b eq '';
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119 | }
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120 | }
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121 | }
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122 | EOF
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123 |
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124 | chmod +x /bin/make-cert.pl</userinput></screen>
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125 |
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126 | <para>The following script creates the certificates and a bundle of all the
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127 | certificates. It creates a <filename class='directory'>./certs</filename>
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128 | directory and <filename>./BLFS-ca-bundle-${VERSION}.crt</filename>. Again
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129 | create this script as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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130 | user:</para>
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131 |
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132 | <screen><userinput>cat > /bin/make-ca.sh << "EOF"
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133 | #!/bin/bash
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134 | # Begin make-ca.sh
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135 | # Script to populate OpenSSL's CApath from a bundle of PEM formatted CAs
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136 | #
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137 | # The file certdata.txt must exist in the local directory
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138 | # Version number is obtained from the version of the data.
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139 | #
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140 | # Authors: DJ Lucas
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141 | # Bruce Dubbs
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142 |
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143 | certdata="certdata.txt"
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144 |
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145 | if [ ! -r $certdata ]; then
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146 | echo "$certdata must be in the local directory"
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147 | exit 1
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148 | fi
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149 |
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150 | REVISION=$(grep CVS_ID $certdata | cut -f4 -d'$')
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151 |
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152 | if [ -z "${REVISION}" ]; then
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153 | echo "$certfile has no 'Revision' in CVS_ID"
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154 | exit 1
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155 | fi
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156 |
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157 | VERSION=$(echo $REVISION | cut -f2 -d" ")
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158 |
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159 | TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
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160 | TRUSTATTRIBUTES="CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH"
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161 | BUNDLE="BLFS-ca-bundle-${VERSION}.crt"
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162 | CONVERTSCRIPT="make-cert.pl"
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163 | SSLDIR="/etc/ssl"
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164 |
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165 | mkdir "${TEMPDIR}/certs"
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166 |
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167 | # Get a list of staring lines for each cert
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168 | CERTBEGINLIST=$(grep -n "^# Certificate" "${certdata}" | cut -d ":" -f1)
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169 |
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170 | # Get a list of ending lines for each cert
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171 | CERTENDLIST=`grep -n "^CKA_TRUST_STEP_UP_APPROVED" "${certdata}" | cut -d ":" -f 1`
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172 |
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173 | # Start a loop
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174 | for certbegin in ${CERTBEGINLIST}; do
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175 | for certend in ${CERTENDLIST}; do
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176 | if test "${certend}" -gt "${certbegin}"; then
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177 | break
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178 | fi
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179 | done
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180 |
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181 | # Dump to a temp file with the name of the file as the beginning line number
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182 | sed -n "${certbegin},${certend}p" "${certdata}" > "${TEMPDIR}/certs/${certbegin}.tmp"
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183 | done
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184 |
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185 | unset CERTBEGINLIST CERTDATA CERTENDLIST certebegin certend
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186 |
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187 | mkdir -p certs
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188 | rm certs/* # Make sure the directory is clean
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189 |
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190 | for tempfile in ${TEMPDIR}/certs/*.tmp; do
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191 | # Make sure that the cert is trusted...
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192 | grep "CKA_TRUST_SERVER_AUTH" "${tempfile}" | \
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193 | grep "CKT_NETSCAPE_TRUST_UNKNOWN" > /dev/null
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194 |
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195 | if test "${?}" = "0"; then
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196 | # Throw a meaningful error and remove the file
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197 | cp "${tempfile}" tempfile.cer
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198 | "${CONVERTSCRIPT}" > tempfile.crt
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199 | keyhash=$(openssl x509 -noout -in tempfile.crt -hash)
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200 | echo "Certificate ${keyhash} is not trusted! Removing..."
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201 | rm -f tempfile.cer tempfile.crt "${tempfile}"
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202 | continue
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203 | fi
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204 |
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205 | # If execution made it to here in the loop, the temp cert is trusted
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206 | # Find the cert data and generate a cert file for it
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207 |
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208 | cp "${tempfile}" tempfile.cer
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209 | "${CONVERTSCRIPT}" > tempfile.crt
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210 | keyhash=$(openssl x509 -noout -in tempfile.crt -hash)
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211 | mv tempfile.crt "certs/${keyhash}.pem"
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212 | rm -f tempfile.cer "${tempfile}"
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213 | echo "Created ${keyhash}.pem"
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214 | done
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215 |
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216 | # Remove blacklisted files
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217 | # MD5 Collision Proof of Concept CA
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218 | if test -f certs/8f111d69.pem; then
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219 | echo "Certificate 8f111d69 is not trusted! Removing..."
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220 | rm -f certs/8f111d69.pem
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221 | fi
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222 |
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223 | # Finally, generate the bundle and clean up.
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224 | cat certs/*.pem > ${BUNDLE}
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225 | rm -r "${TEMPDIR}"
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226 | EOF
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227 |
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228 | chmod +x /bin/make-ca.sh</userinput></screen>
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229 |
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230 | <para>The following commands will fetch the certificates and convert them to
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231 | the correct format. If desired, a web browser may be used instead of
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232 | <application>wget</application> but the file will need to be saved with the
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233 | name <filename>certdata.txt</filename>. These commands can be repeated as
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234 | necessary to update the CA Certificates.</para>
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235 |
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236 | <screen><userinput>certhost='http://mxr.mozilla.org' &&
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237 | certdir='/mozilla/source/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins' &&
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238 | url="$certhost$certdir/certdata.txt?raw=1" &&
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239 |
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240 | wget --output-document certdata.txt $url &&
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241 | unset certhost certdir url &&
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242 | make-ca.sh</userinput></screen>
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243 |
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244 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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245 |
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246 | <screen><userinput>install -d ${SSLDIR}/certs &&
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247 | cp -v certs/*.pem ${SSLDIR}/certs &&
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248 | c_rehash &&
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249 | install ca-bundle.crt ${SSLDIR}</userinput></screen>
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250 |
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251 | <para>Finally, clean up the current directory:</para>
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252 |
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253 | <screen><userinput>rm -r certs BLFS-ca-bundle*</userinput></screen>
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254 |
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255 | </sect2>
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256 |
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257 | <sect2 role="content">
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258 | <title>Contents</title>
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259 |
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260 | <segmentedlist>
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261 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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262 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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263 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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264 |
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265 | <seglistitem>
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266 | <seg>make-ca.sh and make-cert.pl</seg>
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267 | <seg>None</seg>
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268 | <seg>/etc/ssl/certs</seg>
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269 | </seglistitem>
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270 | </segmentedlist>
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271 |
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272 | <variablelist>
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273 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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274 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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275 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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276 |
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277 | <varlistentry id="make-ca">
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278 | <term><command>make-ca.sh</command></term>
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279 | <listitem>
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280 | <para>is a <application>bash</application> script that reformats
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281 | the <filename>certdata.txt</filename> file for use by
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282 | <application>openssl</application>.</para>
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283 | <indexterm zone="cacerts make-ca">
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284 | <primary sortas="b-make-ca">make-ca</primary>
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285 | </indexterm>
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286 | </listitem>
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287 | </varlistentry>
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288 |
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289 | <varlistentry id="make-cert">
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290 | <term><command>make-cert.pl</command></term>
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291 | <listitem>
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292 | <para>is a utility <application>perl</application> script that
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293 | converts a single binary certificate (.der format) into .pem format.</para>
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294 | <indexterm zone="cacerts make-cert">
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295 | <primary sortas="b-make-cert">make-cert</primary>
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296 | </indexterm>
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297 | </listitem>
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298 | </varlistentry>
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299 | </variablelist>
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300 |
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301 | </sect2>
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302 | </sect1>
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