295708 - Signed message reported as not signed

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[david.bentham]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Build Identifier: 

Using a smart card containing my certificates digitally signed message and 
encypher message with receivers public key, receiver opens message without 
smart card in reader and reads security information, the message is reported 
to be not signed, inserted receivers smart card and decrypted message 
whereupon even signature information is shown and is correct. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Setup third party pkcs#11 module for smart card
2.Register certificates from smart card, trust issuer.
3.Send signed message
4.Receiver sends new message sign and encrypted
5.Originator attempts to open message with no card in the reader, click on key 
icon and reads "Message security" to read "Message has no Digital Signature" 
and "Message cannot be decrypted"



Expected Results:  
Digital signature information should be presented regardless of the fact that 
the message is encrypted
Prompt user to insert card and enter PIN to decrypt.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.