Closed Bug 118772 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

[LDAP] Can't import other's people certificates

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Security: S/MIME, defect, P2)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Security: S/MIME
Version:
1.0 Branch
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 119394
Milestone:
psm2.2

People

(Reporter: icoupeau, Assigned: ssaux)

References

Details

(Keywords: regression)

No mechanism are provided to import other's people certificates unless export them with the old netscape profile or -of course- from a previous received signed mail. A method to import from a ldap server should be provided... or at least from a der/pem file.
One of the S/MIME feature spec for the next 6.x release is to have the ability to do the Ldap server lookup for the recipient's encrypting cert, import the cert into the "other's people cert", and send an encrypted email to that recipient. Please see bug 103896 for more detail.
One of the S/MIME feature spec for the next 6.x release is to have the ability to do the Ldap server lookup for the recipient's encrypting cert, import the cert into the "other's people cert", and send an encrypted email to that recipient. Please see bug 103896 for more detail.
*** Bug 118773 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
the browser currently support the appropriate mime type handler to download a cert from a url.
Priority: -- → P2
Target Milestone: --- → 2.2
Version: unspecified → 2.2
But it should be possible to import it from a file on disk. Also it should be possible to import my new personal certificate from a file if I generated a request using Mozilla. It shouldn't be too hard to implement as the backend is there and working as per comment #4
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: mozilla1.0
OS: Windows NT → All
Hardware: PC → All
QA Contact: alam → carosendahl
Maybe should be a duplicate but it's a little bit different in scope.
Blocks: 74339
Actually a Cert Manager bug as well. Adding [LDAP] to subject line, regression from 4.7x.
Keywords: regression
Summary: Can't import other's people certificates → [LDAP] Can't import other's people certificates
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 119394 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Why does this bug has morphed from a generic CA import problem to a specific LDAP bug ? Bug #119394 is only for importing certificates from LDAP.. This bug is for importing other's people certificates in general (ie from a file) and it shouldn't have been marked duplicate of #119394. It is still impossible to use external certificates (from file) to authenticate against SMTP server (regression from Netscape 4.x)
Read comment #1. Use the "import" command in the certificate manager if you want to import certificates from files. Otherwise use a tool like OpenSSL to repackage your cert into a pkcs compliant format for import and then import it from the file. This bug has nothing to do with importing CA certificates.
Import from file in only available for "My" certificates, not for other's people certificates.. My previous comment was wrong when I said "generic CA certificates".. I wanted to say : generic certificates.. In short, with Netscape 4.x, you could import certificates for other people from a file.. It is no longer possible with Mozilla ..
Understood - please enter a new bug requesting this file import capability for other peoples certificates. This particular bug won't be resurrected any time soon and has been limited in scope to LDAP integration.
Product: PSM → Core
Version: psm2.2 → 1.0 Branch
Product: Core → MailNews Core
QA Contact: carosendahl → s.mime
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