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

Kaushik Velusamy kaushikvelusamy at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 18:31:39 UTC 2015


Alan, That was very helpful.
The error got resolved after upgrade.

Thanks and Regards,
Kaushik

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Alan <alan.mcgovern at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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