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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to configure this to work on my server but hitting a few snags.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I followed the instructions for TSL support in the nnrpd docs and have created a self-signed certificate, set the permissions for it correctly, updated inn.conf with the correct paths to tlscapath, tlscertfile and tlskeyfile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I then installed inetd on my debian system and configured it to run ‘nntps stream tcp nowait news <pathbin>/nnrpd nnrpd –S’ and confirmed nntps is stated in etc/services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, I have been trying to test localhost connections to port 563 using Mozilla Thunderbird. I firstly confirmed it was running and open using nmap of the localhost and it shows port 563 open snews tcp<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I then connected using Thunderbird and can see the message <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timestamp: 15/08/2015 10:16:37 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Error: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:563 uses an invalid security certificate. (I have removed the local IP)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The certificate does not come from a trusted source.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The certificate is only valid for news.bbs.geek.nz<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Error code: mozilla_pkix_error_ca_cert_used_as_end_entity)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can also see in syslog news nnrpd say ‘startttls TLSv1.2 with cipher XXXXX (removed the numbers) (256/256 bits) no authentication<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then it look like my client is connecting on port 119<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Followed by a correct match in readers.conf for the secure auth group and access group<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any ideas how to progress this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I figured I needed to set up port 563 first before I sorted out some kind of authentication via user name / password for user logins (does anyone use username/password auth over plain port 119 thesedays?)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best, Paul.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>