[Pidgin] #4725: Look deep into SSL certificate chain for issuers

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Thu May 15 00:23:05 EDT 2008


#4725: Look deep into SSL certificate chain for issuers
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  Reporter:  wehlhard   |       Owner:       
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  new  
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:       
 Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:             |    Keywords:       
   Pending:  0          |  
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Comment (by wehlhard):

 [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4346#section-7.4.2 RFC 4346 specifies] that
 the certificate chain MUST be in order. However, I don't think it would
 compromise security to allow out-of-order chains, as long as a valid chain
 to a root certificate exists somewhere in the jumble.

 In the spirit of "be liberal in what you accept", I think it would be a
 good idea to simply accept the chain and unjumble it.

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