[Mono-list] SslStream

[Sebastien Pouliot]

Hello Peter,

I've seen your previous email and you look very close to get it working
- probably just calling mozroots (to download the most common root
certificates) would be enough.

% mozroots --import --sync

See http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Security or "man mozroots" for
details (whenever you have the time ;-)

Sebastien

On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 19:40 +0100, Peter Bradley wrote:
> Ysgrifennodd Sebastien Pouliot:
> > Hello Peter,
> >   
> Hi, Sebastien
> 
> > I'll review the page to update the status for the upcoming Mono 2.0 - a
> > lot of things have improved since 1.1.x ;-)
> >
> >   
> 
> I'm sure they have.  I like mono.  I think it has a way to go, but the 
> achievements so far are impressive (and they got me an MSc, to I owe a 
> debt of gratitude)
> 
> > That's the Microsoft version of the .NET framework - which is not
> > identical to Mono versioning (lots of MS FX 2.0 stuff was functional in
> > Mono 1.2.x).
> >
> >   
> Oh right.  I see.  Proves the point, really, about how easily I get 
> confused.  If you can write docs that I can understand, you've probably 
> sorted 100% of the likely user population.
> 
> > You did not (sounds too negative) and it should* work with Mono 1.9.1 or
> > later (to which you can update using openSUSE build service).
> >
> > * should == will if you read the security FAQ ;-)
> >
> >   
> 
> And I will do that, when I get time Sebastien.  As I said, it's not a 
> priority with me right now as the application isn't fully functional yet 
> (although I have succeeded in successfully negotiating a login (on 
> Windows) this evening, so I met today's milestone).
> 
> >> Many thanks for the reply.  I don't think you need to review the docs.  
> >> It's probably me that needs to get my grey cells serviced.  They're long 
> >> overdue.
> >>     
> >
> > So are mines ;-)
> >   
> 
> lol
> 
> Thanks for all your help, Sebastien.  When I've done my homework, I'll 
> get back to the forum if I still can't make it work.  I have actually 
> just posted that upgrading to 1.9.1 didn't solve the problem (although 
> it changed it).  I suspect that reading the FAQ would help me out with 
> that, so at the first sign of frustration, I'll leave off posting until 
> I've read the docs.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Peter
>