On our outgoing mail server, we've recently upgraded to Debian Squeeze (stable), and we're having some odd issues with TLS authentication. I suspect it may be an issue with OpenSSL, or maybe my tinkering with TLS after the fact to try to get things working again. However, I've gone over Exim's configuration with a fine-toothed comb and gone through the original configuration checklist for authentication through TLS, and some clients are still having problems.
The specific problem we're having is that Gnome Evolution, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Eudora refuse to authenticate with TLS. Outlook and Outlook Express appear to not have a problem, and that represents the bulk of the clients connecting to the server, but the other clients use SSL properly.
Thunderbird for example, produces the error message "An error occurred during a connection to :25. Peer's public key is invalid. (Error code: sec_error_bad_key)" when I try connecting with STARTTLS and Encrypted passwords. For the life of me, I can find no reference to the use of public keys in the Exim configuration, and OpenSSL doesn't use them anymore, instead including the public key as part of the private key, and using an intermediate CA certificate.
Other tests I've done:
I can use swaks to successfully authenticate:
$ swaks -s smtp.lightspeed.ca -p 25 --ehlo office.lightspeed.ca -au
<myuser> -ap <mypass> -t <myaddress> -f <myaddress>
=== Trying smtp.lightspeed.ca:25...
=== Connected to smtp.lightspeed.ca.
<- 220 ns2.lightspeed.ca ESMTP Exim 4.72 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:52:20 -0700
-> EHLO office.lightspeed.ca
<- 250-ns2.lightspeed.ca Hello office.lightspeed.ca [65.110.29.154]
<- 250-SIZE 52428800
<- 250-PIPELINING
<- 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
<- 250-STARTTLS
<- 250 HELP
-> AUTH LOGIN
<- 334 <encrypted>
-> <encrypted>
<- 334 <encrypted>
-> <encrypted>
<- 235 Authentication succeeded
-> MAIL FROM:<myaddress>
<- 250 OK
-> RCPT TO:<myaddress>
<- 250 Accepted
-> DATA
<- 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
-> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:52:15 -0699
-> To: <myaddress>
-> From: <myaddress>
-> Subject: test Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:52:15 -0699
-> X-Mailer: swaks v20100211.0 jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/
->
-> This is a test mailing
->
-> .
<- 250 OK id=1Q5KAW-0005Ep-TX
-> QUIT
<- 221 ns2.lightspeed.ca closing connection
=== Connection closed with remote host.
As you can see here, the Exim server is offering STARTTLS and the PLAIN and LOGIN authentication methods. And the authentication works.
If I try the OpenSSL method, the connection fails:
$ openssl s_client -starttls smtp -crlf -connect smtp.lightspeed.ca:25
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0
/serialNumber=EGKZzrdW-EpuM5jI3QaVFSdRqKZSh4QW/C=CA/O=ns2.lightspeed.ca/OU=GT90526192/OU=See
www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)11/OU=Domain Control Validated -
QuickSSL(R)/CN=ns2.lightspeed.ca
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:1
depth=0
/serialNumber=EGKZzrdW-EpuM5jI3QaVFSdRqKZSh4QW/C=CA/O=ns2.lightspeed.ca/OU=GT90526192/OU=See
www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)11/OU=Domain Control Validated -
QuickSSL(R)/CN=ns2.lightspeed.ca
verify error:num=27:certificate not trusted
verify return:1
depth=0
/serialNumber=EGKZzrdW-EpuM5jI3QaVFSdRqKZSh4QW/C=CA/O=ns2.lightspeed.ca/OU=GT90526192/OU=See
www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)11/OU=Domain Control Validated -
QuickSSL(R)/CN=ns2.lightspeed.ca
verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate
verify return:1
---
Certificate chain
0
s:/serialNumber=EGKZzrdW-EpuM5jI3QaVFSdRqKZSh4QW/C=CA/O=ns2.lightspeed.ca/OU=GT90526192/OU=See
www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)11/OU=Domain Control Validated -
QuickSSL(R)/CN=ns2.lightspeed.ca
i:/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./OU=Domain Validated SSL/CN=GeoTrust DV SSL CA
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
<certificate>
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/serialNumber=EGKZzrdW-EpuM5jI3QaVFSdRqKZSh4QW/C=CA/O=ns2.lightspeed.ca/OU=GT90526192/OU=See
www.geotrust.com/resources/cps (c)11/OU=Domain Control Validated -
QuickSSL(R)/CN=ns2.lightspeed.ca
issuer=/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./OU=Domain Validated SSL/CN=GeoTrust DV SSL CA
---
Acceptable client certificate CA names
/C=BR/O=ICP-Brasil/OU=Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informacao -
ITI/L=Brasilia/ST=DF/CN=Autoridade Certificadora Raiz Brasileira
/O=Root CA/OU=http://www.cacert.org/CN=CA Cert Signing
Authority/[email protected]
/O=CAcert Inc./OU=http://www.CAcert.org/CN=CAcert Class 3 Root
/O=CAcert Inc./OU=http://www.CAcert.org/CN=CAcert Class 3 Root
/O=Root CA/OU=http://www.cacert.org/CN=CA Cert Signing
Authority/[email protected]
/C=DE/ST=Hessen/L=Fulda/O=Debconf/CN=Debconf CA/[email protected]
/C=FR/ST=France/L=Paris/O=PM/SGDN/OU=DCSSI/CN=IGC/A/[email protected]
/C=FR/ST=France/L=Paris/O=PM/SGDN/OU=DCSSI/CN=IGC/A/[email protected]
/C=US/ST=DC/L=Washington/O=ABA.ECOM, INC./CN=ABA.ECOM Root
CA/[email protected]
/C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust External TTP Network/CN=AddTrust External
CA Root
/C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust TTP Network/CN=AddTrust Class 1 CA Root
/C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust TTP Network/CN=AddTrust Public CA Root
/C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust TTP Network/CN=AddTrust Qualified CA Root
/C=US/O=America Online Inc./CN=America Online Root Certification Authority 1
/C=US/O=America Online Inc./CN=America Online Root Certification Authority 2
/C=US/O=AOL Time Warner Inc./OU=America Online Inc./CN=AOL Time Warner
Root Certification Authority 1
/C=US/O=AOL Time Warner Inc./OU=America Online Inc./CN=AOL Time Warner
Root Certification Authority 2
/C=IE/O=Baltimore/OU=CyberTrust/CN=Baltimore CyberTrust Root
/O=beTRUSTed/OU=beTRUSTed Root CAs/CN=beTRUSTed Root CA-Baltimore
Implementation
/C=WW/O=beTRUSTed/CN=beTRUSTed Root CAs/CN=beTRUSTed Root CA
/O=beTRUSTed/OU=beTRUSTed Root CAs/CN=beTRUSTed Root CA - Entrust
Implementation
/O=beTRUSTed/OU=beTRUSTed Root CAs/CN=beTRUSTed Root CA - RSA Implementation
/C=EU/O=AC Camerfirma SA CIF
A82743287/OU=http://www.chambersign.org/CN=Chambers of Commerce Root
/C=EU/O=AC Camerfirma SA CIF
A82743287/OU=http://www.chambersign.org/CN=Global Chambersign Root
/C=FR/O=Certplus/CN=Class 2 Primary CA
/C=PL/O=Unizeto Sp. z o.o./CN=Certum CA
/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=Comodo CA Limited/CN=AAA
Certificate Services
/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=COMODO
Certification Authority
/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=Comodo CA Limited/CN=Secure
Certificate Services
/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=Comodo CA Limited/CN=Trusted
Certificate Services
/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert Assured ID Root CA
/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert Global Root CA
/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert High Assurance EV
Root CA
/C=US/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./OU=DSTCA E1
/C=us/ST=Utah/L=Salt Lake City/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./OU=DSTCA
X1/CN=DST RootCA X1/[email protected]
/C=US/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./OU=DSTCA E2
/C=us/ST=Utah/L=Salt Lake City/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./OU=DSTCA
X2/CN=DST RootCA X2/[email protected]
/C=US/O=Digital Signature Trust/OU=DST ACES/CN=DST ACES CA X6
/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./CN=DST Root CA X3
/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/GCCA_CPS incorp. by ref. (limits
liab.)/OU=(c) 2000 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Client Certification
Authority
/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/SSL_CPS incorp. by ref. (limits
liab.)/OU=(c) 2000 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Secure Server
Certification Authority
/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits
liab.)/OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Certification
Authority (2048)
/C=US/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/Client_CA_Info/CPS incorp. by ref.
limits liab./OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Client
Certification Authority
/C=US/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/CPS incorp. by ref. (limits
liab.)/OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Secure Server
Certification Authority
/C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/CPS is incorporated by
reference/OU=(c) 2006 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Root Certification
Authority
/C=US/O=Equifax/OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority
/C=US/O=Equifax Secure Inc./CN=Equifax Secure eBusiness CA-1
/C=US/O=Equifax Secure/OU=Equifax Secure eBusiness CA-2
/C=US/O=Equifax Secure Inc./CN=Equifax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1
/C=ES/L=C/ Muntaner 244 Barcelona/CN=Autoridad de Certificacion
Firmaprofesional CIF A62634068/[email protected]
/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./CN=GeoTrust Global CA 2
/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./CN=GeoTrust Global CA
/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./CN=GeoTrust Primary Certification Authority
/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./CN=GeoTrust Universal CA 2
/C=US/O=GeoTrust Inc./CN=GeoTrust Universal CA
/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/OU=Root CA/CN=GlobalSign Root CA
/OU=GlobalSign Root CA - R2/O=GlobalSign/CN=GlobalSign
/C=US/O=The Go Daddy Group, Inc./OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
/C=US/O=GTE Corporation/OU=GTE CyberTrust Solutions, Inc./CN=GTE
CyberTrust Global Root
/C=US/O=GTE Corporation/CN=GTE CyberTrust Root
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA Chained CAs
Certification Authority/CN=IPS CA Chained CAs Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA CLASE1 Certification
Authority/CN=IPS CA CLASE1 Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA CLASE3 Certification
Authority/CN=IPS CA CLASE3 Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA CLASEA1 Certification
Authority/CN=IPS CA CLASEA1 Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA CLASEA3 Certification
Authority/CN=IPS CA CLASEA3 Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=BARCELONA/L=BARCELONA/O=IPS Seguridad
CA/OU=Certificaciones/CN=IPS SERVIDORES/[email protected]
/C=ES/ST=Barcelona/L=Barcelona/O=IPS Internet publishing Services
s.l./[email protected] C.I.F. B-60929452/OU=IPS CA Timestamping
Certification Authority/CN=IPS CA Timestamping Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=HU/L=Budapest/O=NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi
Kft./OU=Tanusitvanykiadok/CN=NetLock Uzleti (Class B) Tanusitvanykiado
/C=HU/L=Budapest/O=NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi
Kft./OU=Tanusitvanykiadok/CN=NetLock Expressz (Class C) Tanusitvanykiado
/C=HU/ST=Hungary/L=Budapest/O=NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi
Kft./OU=Tanusitvanykiadok/CN=NetLock Kozjegyzoi (Class A) Tanusitvanykiado
/C=HU/L=Budapest/O=NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi
Kft./OU=Tanusitvanykiadok/CN=NetLock Minositett Kozjegyzoi (Class QA)
Tanusitvanykiado/[email protected]
/C=BM/O=QuoVadis Limited/CN=QuoVadis Root CA 2
/C=BM/O=QuoVadis Limited/CN=QuoVadis Root CA 3
/C=BM/O=QuoVadis Limited/OU=Root Certification Authority/CN=QuoVadis Root
Certification Authority
/L=ValiCert Validation Network/O=ValiCert, Inc./OU=ValiCert Class 3 Policy
Validation
Authority/CN=http://www.valicert.com//[email protected]
/O=RSA Security Inc/OU=RSA Security 1024 V3
/O=RSA Security Inc/OU=RSA Security 2048 V3
/C=US/O=SecureTrust Corporation/CN=Secure Global CA
/C=US/O=SecureTrust Corporation/CN=SecureTrust CA
/C=JP/O=SECOM Trust.net/OU=Security Communication RootCA1
/C=FI/O=Sonera/CN=Sonera Class1 CA
/C=FI/O=Sonera/CN=Sonera Class2 CA
/C=NL/O=Staat der Nederlanden/CN=Staat der Nederlanden Root CA
/C=US/O=Starfield Technologies, Inc./OU=Starfield Class 2 Certification
Authority
/C=IL/O=StartCom Ltd./OU=Secure Digital Certificate Signing/CN=StartCom
Certification Authority
/C=IL/ST=Israel/L=Eilat/O=StartCom Ltd./OU=CA Authority Dep./CN=Free SSL
Certification Authority/[email protected]
/C=ch/O=Swisscom/OU=Digital Certificate Services/CN=Swisscom Root CA 1
/C=CH/O=SwissSign AG/CN=SwissSign Gold CA - G2
/C=CH/O=SwissSign AG/CN=SwissSign Platinum CA - G2
/C=CH/O=SwissSign AG/CN=SwissSign Silver CA - G2
/C=TW/O=Government Root Certification Authority
/C=DE/ST=Hamburg/L=Hamburg/O=TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks
GmbH/OU=TC TrustCenter Class 2 CA/[email protected]
/C=DE/ST=Hamburg/L=Hamburg/O=TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks
GmbH/OU=TC TrustCenter Class 3 CA/[email protected]
/C=DK/O=TDC Internet/OU=TDC Internet Root CA
/C=DK/O=TDC/CN=TDC OCES CA
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting/OU=Certification
Services Division/CN=Thawte Personal Basic
CA/[email protected]
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting/OU=Certification
Services Division/CN=Thawte Personal Freemail
CA/[email protected]
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting/OU=Certification
Services Division/CN=Thawte Personal Premium
CA/[email protected]
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting cc/OU=Certification
Services Division/CN=Thawte Premium Server
CA/[email protected]
/C=US/O=thawte, Inc./OU=Certification Services Division/OU=(c) 2006
thawte, Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=thawte Primary Root CA
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Cape Town/O=Thawte Consulting cc/OU=Certification
Services Division/CN=Thawte Server CA/[email protected]
/C=ZA/ST=Western Cape/L=Durbanville/O=Thawte/OU=Thawte
Certification/CN=Thawte Timestamping CA
/CN=T\xC3\x9CRKTRUST Elektronik Sertifika Hizmet
Sa\xC4\x9Flay\xC4\xB1c\xC4\xB1s\xC4\xB1/C=TR/L=ANKARA/O=(c) 2005
T\xC3\x9CRKTRUST Bilgi \xC4\xB0leti\xC5\x9Fim ve Bili\xC5\x9Fim
G\xC3\xBCvenli\xC4\x9Fi Hizmetleri A.\xC5\x9E.
/CN=T\xC3\x9CRKTRUST Elektronik Sertifika Hizmet
Sa\xC4\x9Flay\xC4\xB1c\xC4\xB1s\xC4\xB1/C=TR/L=Ankara/O=T\xC3\x9CRKTRUST
Bilgi \xC4\xB0leti\xC5\x9Fim ve Bili\xC5\x9Fim G\xC3\xBCvenli\xC4\x9Fi
Hizmetleri A.\xC5\x9E. (c) Kas\xC4\xB1m 2005
/C=US/ST=UT/L=Salt Lake City/O=The USERTRUST
Network/OU=http://www.usertrust.com/CN=UTN - DATACorp SGC
/C=US/ST=UT/L=Salt Lake City/O=The USERTRUST
Network/OU=http://www.usertrust.com/CN=UTN-USERFirst-Client Authentication
and Email
/C=US/ST=UT/L=Salt Lake City/O=The USERTRUST
Network/OU=http://www.usertrust.com/CN=UTN-USERFirst-Hardware
/C=US/ST=UT/L=Salt Lake City/O=The USERTRUST
Network/OU=http://www.usertrust.com/CN=UTN-USERFirst-Network Applications
/C=US/ST=UT/L=Salt Lake City/O=The USERTRUST
Network/OU=http://www.usertrust.com/CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object
/L=ValiCert Validation Network/O=ValiCert, Inc./OU=ValiCert Class 1 Policy
Validation
Authority/CN=http://www.valicert.com//[email protected]
/L=ValiCert Validation Network/O=ValiCert, Inc./OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy
Validation
Authority/CN=http://www.valicert.com//[email protected]
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 1 Public Primary Certification Authority -
G2/OU=(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only/OU=VeriSign Trust
Network
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 1999 VeriSign,
Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 1 Public Primary
Certification Authority - G3
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority -
G2/OU=(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only/OU=VeriSign Trust
Network
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 1999 VeriSign,
Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 2 Public Primary
Certification Authority - G3
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority -
G2/OU=(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only/OU=VeriSign Trust
Network
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 1999 VeriSign,
Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary
Certification Authority - G3
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 2006 VeriSign,
Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary
Certification Authority - G5
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Class 4 Public Primary Certification Authority -
G2/OU=(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only/OU=VeriSign Trust
Network
/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 1999 VeriSign,
Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 4 Public Primary
Certification Authority - G3
/C=US/O=RSA Data Security, Inc./OU=Secure Server Certification Authority
/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=Terms of use at
https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)00/CN=VeriSign Time Stamping Authority CA
/C=US/O=VISA/OU=Visa International Service Association/CN=Visa eCommerce Root
/C=US/O=VISA/OU=Visa International Service Association/CN=GP Root 2
/C=US/O=Wells Fargo/OU=Wells Fargo Certification Authority/CN=Wells Fargo
Root Certificate Authority
/C=US/OU=www.xrampsecurity.com/O=XRamp Security Services Inc/CN=XRamp
Global Certification Authority
/C=BM/O=QuoVadis Limited/OU=Root Certification Authority/CN=QuoVadis Root
Certification Authority
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- CA Klasa 1
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- CA Klasa 2
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./CN=CC Signet - CA Klasa
3/serialNumber=Numer wpisu: 4
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- OCSP Klasa 2
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- OCSP Klasa 3
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- PCA Klasa 2
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- PCA Klasa 3
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- RootCA
/C=PL/O=TP Internet Sp. z o.o./OU=Centrum Certyfikacji Signet/CN=CC Signet
- TSA Klasa 1
/C=US/ST=Indiana/L=Indianapolis/O=Software in the Public
Interest/OU=hostmaster/CN=Certification
Authority/[email protected]
/C=US/ST=Indiana/L=Indianapolis/O=Software in the Public
Interest/OU=hostmaster/CN=Certificate
Authority/[email protected]
/C=DE/O=Deutsche Telekom AG/OU=T-TeleSec Trust Center/CN=Deutsche Telekom
Root CA 2
---
SSL handshake has read 22345 bytes and written 468 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1
Cipher : DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA
Session-ID:
510F41918AD4A65D88A43BC6ED66651F98842EBBF7975295F6808342F9AE7067
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key:
53D1F9E30DC867D662BC2F859B79319294F67D7EB8753237A181DBE41C84B69EF00721F63BFC8938613EB7B694D8C53F
Key-Arg : None
Start Time: 1301593832
Timeout : 300 (sec)
Verify return code: 21 (unable to verify the first certificate)
---
250 HELP
quit
221 ns2.lightspeed.ca closing connection
closed
Use the -showcerts option to the openssl s_client command. It prints out the entire chain of server-provided certificates rather than just the server certificate (it shows the intermediates too). In your case the error indicates simply that you've failed to install the requisite intermediate certificate along with the server certificate. As the previous poster mentioned, you must concatenate the server and intermediate certificates - actually as a best practice, tack on the root certificate too, so that the server will present the entire chain rather than just the leaf certificate standing alone. The server certificate cannot stand alone because the intermediate is not particularly trusted, rather only the root certificates are trusted. You must trace fully back to one of these. Once you have everything chained properly, the openssl s_client test will either indicate "self signed certificate in chain" OR "verified ok", but not "unable to find local issuer certificate" - that is at least if you tie in the root certificate too, which is as I've recommended.
It looks like you are using a self-signed certificate. Client software will often not trust these keys. If you can arrange to have your CA certificate added to the client's trust chain then you should have not problem. Otherwise, the users will need to accept the certificate the first time it is used.
Usually the accept dialog will default to permanently accepting the exception. Thunderbird works this way, but appears to require you to accept once for the IMAP/POP server and once for the SMTP server even if the same certificate is used. Eudora and Exchange should work the same way.
From what I have seen most email servers do not verify the certificates provided. If they do you will need to configure an ACL to prevent offering StartTLS to those servers.
EDIT: OpenSSL trusted certificates are kept in a directory (
/etc/ssl/certson Ubuntu). The certificate is usually named according to the signing authority. There is also a symbolic link based on a hash of the key, that is used for lookup. You can add your own trusted certificates.First off, your
openssl s_clientconnection didn't fail, it says that it successfully negotiated TLSv1 encryption using theDHE-DSS-AES256-SHAcipher. And then you told it to quit.OpenSSL did complain about your certificate. Your certificate is signed by
GeoTrust DV SSL CAwhich OpenSSL doesn't appear to know about. Either there's an intermediate certificate (this is a certificate for "GeoTrust DV SSL CA" that is signed by a CA that is in your list) that you need to append to the end of your certificate in exim's certificate file, or you need to update openssl's trusted CA list (in debian this is done using theca-certificatespackage). Note that Firefox maintains its own trusted certificate authorities.Getting the intermediate certificate from GeoTrust and setting exim up to use it is probably a better solution for you than telling all your clients to update their trusted CA certificate lists.
EDIT
The "Acceptable Client CA Names" message from
openssl s_clientindicates that exim is asking your client for a certificate, and that certificate needs to come from one of those CAs ("those CAs" being the list of CAs configured in exim attls_verify_certificates). If you are not using client certificates to identify your users, disable anytls_try_verify_*settings in exim and try again.I've seen that most of my systems in their ca-certificates packages / bundles don't bundle the more recent / secure root certs for Thawte/Geotrust. They have two websites containing all their certs:
https://www.thawte.com/roots/ and https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=content&id=AR1384