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Re: Best practices for tls_set in Python

 

Any new thoughts on this cert issue?


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Roger Light <roger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jack,
>
> I've got a part written reply to you that I've not yet sent because
> I'm not happy with it. Sorry about that, I'll try and sort it out as
> soon as I can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roger
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Jack O'Connor <oconnor663@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, and I meant to follow up sooner. Does that mean
> that
> > every application that uses the SSL features of Mosquitto ships its own
> copy
> > of the certs file? (And by extension, that every app is independently
> > responsible for keeping that file up to date?)
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Alexander Bolotnov <abolotnov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> You can symlink or copy it to /etc/ssl/cert for that. There's probably a
> >> bunch of certs already anyway :)
> >>
> >>
> >> Sasha Bolotnov
> >> www.bolotnov.info
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Jack O'Connor <oconnor663@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The tls_set API requires a path to a certificate authorities file. I
> can
> >>> download a file of the right type from mozilla or somewhere, but I'm
> >>> wondering if it's really appropriate to include my own CA list in the
> >>> project. Is there a standard way to get this information from the OS
> >>> instead, for example in Ubuntu? Thanks for your help.
> >>>
> >>> -- Jack O'Connor
> >>>
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