[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 123 Use http instead of https for OCSP and CRL URLs in IPA certificate profile

[Dmitri Pal]

On 04/09/2013 12:11 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 11:18 -0400, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> On 04/09/2013 10:19 AM, Simo Sorce wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 16:02 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
>>>> On 04/08/2013 05:09 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>>>>> On 04/08/2013 03:47 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/08/2013 08:42 AM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>>>>>>> On 04/08/2013 10:48 AM, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 8.4.2013 10:47, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> this patch fixes <https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3552>.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Honza
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re-sending with correct subject.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tested the change both for upgrades and for fresh installs and it worked fine
>>>>>>> both cases, even when testing with Firefox enforcing mode.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So far, as the biggest issue in current process I see NSS not being able to
>>>>>>> fallback to other defined OCSP responder (I tested with Firefox 20). This way,
>>>>>>> Firefox will fail validating the FreeIPA site when the first tested OCSP
>>>>>>> responder is not available (e.g. the original IPA CA signing the http cert, or
>>>>>>> an `ipa-ca.$domain` host that is currently not up).
>>>>>> Have we filed a ticket with FF?
>>>>> AFAIU, this is rather NSS issue, that Firefox issue. There is a bug open for NSS:
>>>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797815
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob seems to have more context about this bug background.
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>> We may want to wait with pushing this patch until we get some response in the
>>>> NSS Bugzilla above. If our request is rejected, we may be forced to use just a
>>>> single CRL/OCSP (which would be probably the general one) and thus supersede
>>>> patch 123.
>>> Well it will have to depend on when you create certs.
>>> The first IPA server own cert should probably point at the ipa server
>>> name. Then we should warn in bold letters that the user should create
>>> such and such a DNS name if they did not let IPA handle DNS.
>>>
>>> If we can handle DNS then any other use can refer to the common name
>>> which can be an A name with multiple entries (each IPA CA server should
>>> be listed there by default and the record should be changed at ca
>>> replicas install/decommission time, however we should allow admins to
>>> add/remove names as well manually in case they want to add proxies otr
>>> conceal some of the CA servers.
>>>
>>> We may also want to change the RA client code to use that record to
>>> fetch certs.
>>>
>>> Simo.
>>>
>> I see a lot of RFEs in this comment.
>> Are we going to file them?
> We'll see how NSS is going to respond to the ticket, and then adjust
> accordingly.
>
> Simo.
>
>
Well... time to adjust... accordingly ;-)

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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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