[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0014] Support multiple user and host certificates

[Sumit Bose]

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 06:12:50PM +0200, Martin Basti wrote:
> On 27/05/15 15:53, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> >This patch adds supports for multiple user / host certificates.  No
> >schema change is needed ('usercertificate' attribute is already
> >multi-value).  The revoke-previous-cert behaviour of host-mod and
> >user-mod has been removed but revocation behaviour of -del and
> >-disable is preserved.
> >
> >The latest profiles/caacl patchset (0001..0013 v5) depends on this
> >patch for correct cert-request behaviour.
> >
> >There is one design question (or maybe more, let me know): the
> >`--out=FILENAME' option to {host,service} show saves ONE certificate
> >to the named file.  I propose to either:
> >
> >a) write all certs, suffixing suggested filename with either a
> >    sequential numerical index, e.g. "cert.pem" becomes
> >    "cert.pem.1", "cert.pem.2", and so on; or
> >
> >b) as above, but suffix with serial number and, if there are
> >    different issues, some issuer-identifying information.
> >
> >Let me know your thoughts.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Fraser
> >
> >
> Is there a possible way how to store certificates into one file?
> I read about possibilities to have multiple certs in one .pem file, but I'm
> not cert guru :)

It is possible, check e.g. /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem.

bye,
Sumit

> 
> I personally vote for serial number in case there are multiple certificates,
> if ^ is no possible.
> 
> 
> 1)
> +            if len(certs) > 0:
> 
> please use only,
> if certs:
> 
> 2)
> You need to re-generate API/ACI.txt in this patch
> 
> 3)
> syntax error:
> +        for dercert in certs_der
> 
> 
> 4)
> command
> ipa user-mod ca_user --certificate=<ceritifcate>
> 
> removes the current certificate from the LDAP, by design.
> Should be the old certificate(s) revoked? You removed that part in the code.
> 
> only the --addattr='usercertificate=<cert>' appends new value there
> 
> -- 
> Martin Basti
> 

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