Re: AW: IE https certificate attack

[George Staikos <staikos@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 03 January 2002 09:04, K.J.Mueller@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> could it be, that the text-browsers (lynx, links, w3m) don't even
> bother comparing the actual server name to the certificate's
> "issued for" entry?

> > Looks like Konqueror 2.2.1 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 + OpenSSL 0.9.6b) is also
> > vulnerable. I've got no warning when entering on this page. I've tested
> > it

  The https implementation in Konqueror is incomplete.  As of 2.2.2 it is 
much more complete, although the code to test CN=hostname doesn't work 
properly.  This is fixed in KDE 2.2 branch CVS and KDE 3.x HEAD branch.  KDE 
3.0 should feature a more-or-less full HTTPS implementation finally.

    Most of the incomplete code and bugs in KDE SSL are documented anyways.

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George Staikos