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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #55 received at 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
To: 19404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19404: 25.0.50;
 Gnus shows self-signed certificate warning when connecting to Gmane 
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:04:53 +0000

>>>>> David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de> writes:
>>>>> 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.

	If anything, it’s the respective public key fingerprints that
	are to be compared.

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