[xmlsec] Fwd: Use of full DistinguishedName in KeyName

Aleksey Sanin aleksey at aleksey.com
Mon Oct 24 06:41:17 PDT 2011


With openssl, you need to load keys into xmlsec manually. With nss and 
mscrypto, there are "default" keys storages that xmlsec can search.

Aleksey

On 10/24/11 3:52 AM, Si St wrote:
> Excuse my interruption here,
> but where is xmlsec1 searching to find the key in reference to the
> <KeyName/>? Where should the key/cert be placed so that xmlsec1 can find
> it (f.ex. among other keys)? Any specific directory? Remenber that
> xmlsec1 is /usr/local/bin/xmlsec1 with me, and I wonder where the
> program will search. In my particular case we are dealing with --crypto
> openssl
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> Si St
> sigbj-st at operamail.com <mailto:sigbj-st at operamail.com>
> On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:33 PM, "EdShallow"
> <ed.shallow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, here is how it works with mscrypto and xmlsec 1.2.18
>>
>> Example 1:
>> <KeyName>CA, GC, PWGSC-TPSGC, "Ed Shallow"</KeyName>
>>
>> Example 2 with a special character:
>> <KeyName>CA, GC, PWGSC-TPSGC, "Shallow, Ed"</KeyName>
>>
>> In other words, do not use the sub-type qualifiers in the DN string
>> i.e. cn= ou= o= c=
>>
>> Order is also important.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ed
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM, EdShallow <ed.shallow at gmail.com
>> <mailto:ed.shallow at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     OK. Give me a day or so and I will check the source to see if
>>     anything has changed in the CAPI calls.
>>
>>     On Oct 19, 2011 7:29 PM, "Aleksey Sanin" <aleksey at aleksey.com
>>     <mailto:aleksey at aleksey.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Not that I am aware of.
>>
>>         Aleksey
>>
>>         On 10/19/11 2:02 PM, EdShallow wrote:
>>
>>             . . . sorry forgot to mention, this behavior is with mscrypto
>>             Ed
>>
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>>             From: "EdShallow" <ed.shallow at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:ed.shallow at gmail.com> <mailto:ed.shallow at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:ed.shallow at gmail.com>>>
>>             Date: Oct 19, 2011 3:55 PM
>>             Subject: Use of full DistinguishedName in KeyName
>>             To: "xmlsec at aleksey.com <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com>
>>             <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com>>"
>>             <xmlsec at aleksey.com <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com>
>>             <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com>>>
>>
>>             Hi Aleksey,
>>
>>             Use of full DN in KeyName template element used to work in
>>             oldwr
>>             versions of xmlsec.
>>
>>             As of 1.2.18 I can only get CommonName to work.
>>
>>             Example:
>>             This works
>>             <KeyName>Shallow Ed</KeyName>
>>
>>             This does not:
>>             <KeyName>cn=Shallow Ed,ou=finance,o=acme,c=ca</KeyName>
>>
>>             I receive an "Object or property cannot be found" message.
>>
>>             Are there any constraints for naming?
>>
>>             Ed
>>
>>
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