[SSL] self signed certificate in certificate chain.? (19)

etix · Post by **etix** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:20 pm

Hi there!
My first post on this forum is about an SSL problem.

I have requested a certificate at cacert.org
There is no problem, the ircd start and we can connect to it in SSL but I have an error we connecting:
Verify E: self signed certificate in certificate chain.? (19) -- Ignored

Google can't help me more so I ask here

What does it mean and how can I correct that ?

Thank you!

unrealircd.conf :

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ssl {
         certificate "../cert/server.cert.pem";
         key "../cert/server.key.pem";
         trusted-ca-file "../cert/root.crt";
};

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:24 am

That error is a client error, not a server error. Your IRC client doesn't like the certificate your IRC server is using. Set your client to accept self-signed certs and it should work.

etix · Post by **etix** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:15 am

Thank you very much codemastr!
Continue your hard work

etix

Ron2K · Post by **Ron2K** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:06 pm

I use X-Chat as my IRC client, and I get a similar message when I connect to an SSL port and the certificate is self-signed. By default, X-Chat will terminate the connection; however, it can be configured to accept "invalid certificates" on a per-network basis. What you're seeing is essentially a warning message, saying "Hey, there's something wrong with this server's SSL certificate - it's self-signed. But I'm going ahead with the connection anyway because you told me too".