[Mono-list] Regarding - SHA-2 supported version in mono

Alan alan.mcgovern at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 12:01:03 UTC 2015


Take a look here, it has the up to date info on sles package:
http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/#opensuse-and-sles

Alan

On 1 December 2015 at 11:48, Kaushik Velusamy <kaushikvelusamy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the info Alan.
>
> This issue is with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3. I don't see a
> Linux version in 4.X series in mono.
>
> Sorry, i m new to this. Could you tell me if there is any work around?
>
> - Kaushik
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Alan <alan.mcgovern at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd say trying a newer mono build first would be the best option. Either
>> 4.2, 4.3 or master. SHA2 certs have been supported for a very long time, so
>> if you are still having issues maybe you could provide access to some certs
>> to reproduce the problem with?
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On 30 November 2015 at 12:04, Edward Ned Harvey (mono) <
>> edward.harvey.mono at clevertrove.com> wrote:
>>
>>> > From: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-
>>> > bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Kaushik Velusamy
>>> >
>>> > I have a query regarding SHA-2 supported version in mono.
>>> >
>>> > Novell iFloder ( On OpenEnterpriseServer11SP3) which runs on SLES11SP3
>>> > ran into an issue because of SHA2 certificates. eDirectory has moved
>>> to SHA-
>>> > 2 certificates and hence all components of OES needs to be compatible.
>>> > However iFloder is having issue since MONO that is part of SLES11SP3 (
>>> > mono-core-2.6.7-0.9.1.x86_64.rpm) does not support SHA-2.
>>> >
>>> > I tried in mono-3.6 as well.
>>> >
>>> > Could you tell me which is the supported mono version for SHA-2?
>>>
>>> I think there's something wrong in your question. SHA2 (generally SHA256
>>> to SHA512) is definitely supported in mono.
>>>
>>> Your error message does say " Unsupported hash algorithm:
>>> 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11" and the OID does map to sha256WithRSAEncryption, but
>>> the problem is in Mono.Security.X509.X509Certificate, which is all kinds of
>>> messed up, and barely functional at all. I have not heard of anyone working
>>> on it - but that doesn't mean they're not.
>>>
>>> If I'm not mistaken, iFolder is not actively maintained, right? That
>>> would be a problem. Yes, there is a limitation of mono in the brokenness of
>>> X509Certificate, but assuming that's not going to be fixed anytime soon,
>>> the iFolder developers will basically need to find a way to workaround the
>>> problem...
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>>
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