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    SSL/TLS Option Breaks My SMTP Notifications

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • N
      NOYB
      last edited by

      It doesn't matter what any thing else thinks of the cert.  pfSense has to trust it.

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      • ghostshellG
        ghostshell
        last edited by

        @NOYB:

        It doesn't matter what any thing else thinks of the cert.  pfSense has to trust it.

        Ok, then how will I know as the cert and postfix settings have not changed since my last alert email, i see nothing in the logs showing cert issues with pfsense 192.168.1.1

        pfsense logs show this error over and over

        php-fpm /system_advanced_notifications.php: Could not send the message to gmail.com – Error: could not start TLS connection encryption protocol

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        • N
          NOYB
          last edited by

          The two places I know of for the CA to be located in pfSense are:

          1. System / Certificate Manager / CAs
          2. /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt

          This is not to say there couldn't be some other location.  These are just the two I'm aware of.
          I am also not sure in which of the locations it is required to be for notifications.  Mine is in both.  But I'm thinking it probably has to be in ca-root-nss.crt.

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          • dennypageD
            dennypage
            last edited by

            Did you have to hand edit ca-root-nss.crt to add the CA?

            @NOYB:

            The two places I know of for the CA to be located in pfSense are:

            1. System / Certificate Manager / CAs
            2. /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt

            This is not to say there couldn't be some other location.  These are just the two I'm aware of.
            I am also not sure in which of the locations it is required to be for notifications.  Mine is in both.  But I'm thinking it probably has to be in ca-root-nss.crt.

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            • N
              NOYB
              last edited by

              Yes, I just added it below all the other CA's and incremented the number of certificates.

              Mine is a self signed, so I have to added it.  I wish PHP curl could use it from the one that is in config (System / Certificate Manager / CAs) so it would survive upgrades and I wouldn't have to remember to add it to the file.

              Here are the results of notification test message with and without and with my CA added to the ca-root-nss.crt file.

              
Aug 2 23:47:48  php-fpm  42511  /system_advanced_notifications.php: Message sent to xxx@yyy.com OK  
Aug 2 23:47:06  php-fpm  11699  /system_advanced_notifications.php: Could not send the message to xxx@yyy.com -- Error: could not start TLS connection encryption protocol 
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              • N
                NOYB
                last edited by

                According to a kdiff comparison it appears this certificate was present in 2.3 but is absent in 2.3.2.  If that is the CA for your cert then that would likely be why it quit working.

                /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt

                
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 36 (0x24)
    Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=FI, O=Sonera, CN=Sonera Class1 CA
        Validity
            Not Before: Apr  6 10:49:13 2001 GMT
            Not After : Apr  6 10:49:13 2021 GMT
        Subject: C=FI, O=Sonera, CN=Sonera Class1 CA
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                Public-Key: (2048 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:b5:89:1f:2b:4f:67:0a:79:ff:c5:1e:f8:7f:3c:
                    ed:d1:7e:da:b0:cd:6d:2f:36:ac:34:c6:db:d9:64:
                    17:08:63:30:33:22:8a:4c:ee:8e:bb:0f:0d:42:55:
                    c9:9d:2e:a5:ef:f7:a7:8c:c3:ab:b9:97:cb:8e:ef:
                    3f:15:67:a8:82:72:63:53:0f:41:8c:7d:10:95:24:
                    a1:5a:a5:06:fa:92:57:9d:fa:a5:01:f2:75:e9:1f:
                    bc:56:26:52:4e:78:19:65:58:55:03:58:c0:14:ae:
                    8c:7c:55:5f:70:5b:77:23:06:36:97:f3:24:b5:9a:
                    46:95:e4:df:0d:0b:05:45:e5:d1:f2:1d:82:bb:c6:
                    13:e0:fe:aa:7a:fd:69:30:94:f3:d2:45:85:fc:f2:
                    32:5b:32:de:e8:6c:5d:1f:cb:a4:22:74:b0:80:8e:
                    5d:94:f7:06:00:4b:a9:d4:5e:2e:35:50:09:f3:80:
                    97:f4:0c:17:ae:39:d8:5f:cd:33:c1:1c:ca:89:c2:
                    22:f7:45:12:ed:5e:12:93:9d:63:ab:82:2e:b9:eb:
                    42:41:44:cb:4a:1a:00:82:0d:9e:f9:8b:57:3e:4c:
                    c7:17:ed:2c:8b:72:33:5f:72:7a:38:56:d5:e6:d9:
                    ae:05:1a:1d:75:45:b1:cb:a5:25:1c:12:57:36:fd:
                    22:37
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
                CA:TRUE
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 
                47:E2:0C:8B:F6:53:88:52
            X509v3 Key Usage: 
                Certificate Sign, CRL Sign
    Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption
         8b:1a:b2:c9:5d:61:b4:e1:b9:2b:b9:53:d1:b2:85:9d:77:8e:
         16:ee:11:3d:db:c2:63:d9:5b:97:65:fb:12:67:d8:2a:5c:b6:
         ab:e5:5e:c3:b7:16:2f:c8:e8:ab:1d:8a:fd:ab:1a:7c:d5:5f:
         63:cf:dc:b0:dd:77:b9:a8:e6:d2:22:38:87:07:14:d9:ff:be:
         56:b5:fd:07:0e:3c:55:ca:16:cc:a7:a6:77:37:fb:db:5c:1f:
         4e:59:06:87:a3:03:43:f5:16:ab:b7:84:bd:4e:ef:9f:31:37:
         f0:46:f1:40:b6:d1:0c:a5:64:f8:63:5e:21:db:55:4e:4f:31:
         76:9c:10:61:8e:b6:53:3a:a3:11:be:af:6d:7c:1e:bd:ae:2d:
         e2:0c:69:c7:85:53:68:a2:61:ba:c5:3e:b4:79:54:78:9e:0a:
         c7:02:be:62:d1:11:82:4b:65:2f:91:5a:c2:a8:87:b1:56:68:
         94:79:f9:25:f7:c1:d5:ae:1a:b8:bb:3d:8f:a9:8a:38:15:f7:
         73:d0:5a:60:d1:80:b0:f0:dc:d5:50:cd:4e:ee:92:48:69:ed:
         b2:23:1e:30:cc:c8:94:c8:b6:f5:3b:86:7f:3f:a6:2e:9f:f6:
         3e:2c:b5:92:96:3e:df:2c:93:8a:ff:81:8c:0f:0f:59:21:19:
         57:bd:55:9a
SHA1 Fingerprint=07:47:22:01:99:CE:74:B9:7C:B0:3D:79:B2:64:A2:C8:55:E9:33:FF
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDIDCCAgigAwIBAgIBJDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADA5MQswCQYDVQQGEwJGSTEP
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ZfsSZ9gqXLar5V7DtxYvyOirHYr9qxp81V9jz9yw3Xe5qObSIjiHBxTZ/75Wtf0H
DjxVyhbMp6Z3N/vbXB9OWQaHowND9Rart4S9Tu+fMTfwRvFAttEMpWT4Y14h21VO
TzF2nBBhjrZTOqMRvq9tfB69ri3iDGnHhVNoomG6xT60eVR4ngrHAr5i0RGCS2Uv
kVrCqIexVmiUefkl98HVrhq4uz2PqYo4Ffdz0Fpg0YCw8NzVUM1O7pJIae2yIx4w
zMiUyLb1O4Z/P6Yun/Y+LLWSlj7fLJOK/4GMDw9ZIRlXvVWa
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
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                • ghostshellG
                  ghostshell
                  last edited by

                  Great! Thank you all for your help! I will add the CA for the current cert from the mailserver and post if the issue is resolved.

                  @NOYB - another thing I noticed that the standard web interface cert is shown as OK in firefox while chrome throws the caution error, any way to correct this as I have not had any luck getting a cert for just the IP anymore, used to but have not be able to recently. Alt would be to use the domain name, but I find the IP more reliable.

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                  • dennypageD
                    dennypage
                    last edited by

                    @NOYB:

                    Yes, I just added it below all the other CA's and incremented the number of certificates.

                    Mine is a self signed, so I have to added it.  I wish PHP curl could use it from the one that is in config (System / Certificate Manager / CAs) so it would survive upgrades and I wouldn't have to remember to add it to the file.

                    Here are the results of notification test message without and with my CA added to the ca-root-nss.crt file.

                    
Aug 2 23:47:48  php-fpm  42511  /system_advanced_notifications.php: Message sent to xxx@yyy.com OK  
Aug 2 23:47:06  php-fpm  11699  /system_advanced_notifications.php: Could not send the message to xxx@yyy.com -- Error: could not start TLS connection encryption protocol 

                    Thanks NOYB, this was very useful information for me.

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                    • N
                      NOYB
                      last edited by

                      @ghostshell:

                      @NOYB - another thing I noticed that the standard web interface cert is shown as OK in firefox while chrome throws the caution error, any way to correct this as I have not had any luck getting a cert for just the IP anymore, used to but have not be able to recently. Alt would be to use the domain name, but I find the IP more reliable.

                      I imported my own self-signed cert and the CA for it  (System / Certificate Manager / …).  Then configured Admin Access to use that cert for SSL and installed the CA in my browsers trusted roots.

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                      • dennypageD
                        dennypage
                        last edited by

                        I filed a ticket for this issue:

                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6687

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                        • N
                          NOYB
                          last edited by

                          @dennypage:

                          I filed a ticket for this issue:

                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6687

                          Thank you.  Sure hope someone can fix that.  Sure would be a big help.

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