2013

Using ezjail-admin archive to create a new jail, almost like an existing jail

I use FreeBSD Jails. I use them a lot. I have jails for websites. I have jails for regression testing, mail servers, OpenVPN servers, etc. I like jails for many reasons. One of which is being able to create a new jail which is pretty much identical to another jail, except for a few things. […]

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mail.app on Apple OSX and IOS fail when connecting to 4096-bit StartCOM certificates

NOTE: this post title is inaccurate. It was not until later that I discovered the problem was related to 4908-bit certs, not 4096-bit certs. I appear to have found a bug with OSX and iOS. Neither one can handle a 4096-bit certificate by StartCom. Changing to a 2048-bit cert allowed the connection. I have not

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Unable to load config info from /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf

There I was, just minding my own business, creating a new certificate request, when bang! I got hit with this: # openssl sl genrsa -des3 -out imaps.unixathome.org.key 2048 Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus ………………………………………………+++ ……………………………………………………………………………..+++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Enter pass phrase for imaps.unixathome.org.key: Verifying – Enter pass phrase for imaps.unixathome.org.key: #

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