GNU bug report logs - #19404
25.0.50; Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane

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Message #52 received at 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#19404: 25.0.50;
 Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:50:22 +0100

David Engster writes:
> It *could* be self-signed. I don't know the best way in libgnutls to
> detect this. You probably have to compare issuer and subject, or
> similar.

So my guess would be: use gnutls_x509_crt_get_dn2 or maybe
gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject and compare to
gnutls_certificate_get_issuer. If equal -> self-signed. But that could
be wrong. Best place is to ask on the GnuTLS list.

-David

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