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Bug 120472

Summary: QPopper does not recognize SSL certificate chains
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Kai Blaschke <webmaster>
Component: [OLD] ServerAssignee: Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Patch adding SSL certificate chain file support to QPopper

Description Kai Blaschke 2006-01-26 15:08:48 UTC
QPopper does not know how to handle chained SSL certificates. This poses a big problem when you need to use such certificates, since on every connection attempt, the user's mail client pops up a nasty security warning dialog which fears users from using SSL secured POP3.
Comment 1 Kai Blaschke 2006-01-26 15:13:46 UTC
Created attachment 78231 [details, diff]
Patch adding SSL certificate chain file support to QPopper

The attached patch fixes the addressed issue by replacing the SSL function which loads the certificate file. Original credits for this patch go to Pete 'Wolfy' Hanson <alaska dot wolfy at gmail dot com>, found in the qpopper mailing list.

Please consider his comment in your review of the patch:
> This is incomplete in that I didn't bother trying to determine if
> something similar is needed for SSLPlus builds, and haven't checked to
> see if this change will work with certs that don't require an
> intermediate certificate.  It's a "works for me" kinda deal - I hope
> it helps someone else in the future.
Comment 2 Bugs Bunny - DISABLED 2006-02-07 10:45:03 UTC
this patch is also contained in qpopper 4.0.8 official source.
Comment 3 Kai Blaschke 2006-06-12 09:10:15 UTC
If anyone is interested in applying the patch posted above to the current QPopper version in Portage (4.0.5), please do so, otherwise change this bug's resolution to "UPSTREAM", as version 4.0.8 will contain this fix.
Comment 4 Kai Blaschke 2007-01-15 08:33:35 UTC
It seems there is no interest in having this fixed in portage, and I have switched to Courier a while ago. Setting the resolution to UPSTREAM.