RE: LDAPS: What am I doing wrong?

["Howard Chu" <hyc@symas.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Brian

> I created a self-signed certificate (making sure to use my FQDN):
> openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out slapd.pem -keyout slapd.pem -days 365
> I checked to see if the certificate was valid:

What part of "verify error" makes you think your certificate is valid?
 
> openssl s_client -connect kudzu.sboss.net:636 -showcerts 
> 
> CONNECTED(00000003)
> depth=0 /C=US/ST=PA/L=Scranton/O=SDN/OU=IT
> Dept./CN=kudzu.sboss.net/Email=admin@sboss.net
> verify error:num=18:self signed certificate
> verify return:1
> depth=0 /C=US/ST=PA/L=Scranton/O=SDN/OU=IT
> Dept./CN=kudzu.sboss.net/Email=admin@sboss.net
> verify return:1
> ---

> I've been through the faq-o-matic over at opendlap.org and haven't found
> anything close to describing my situation,

http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/185.html

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