[strongSwan] certificate format in sqlite database

[samuel morin]

Great. It works better like that.
Thank you very much for your help.
Are private keys and identites must be convert in the same format ?

Regards

samuel


Le 13/10/2010 14:57, Andreas Steffen a écrit :
> Hi Samuel,
>
> in the scripts directory of the strongSwan distribution there
> is a bin2sql function which converts binary DER files into a
> HEX-encoded string suitable for the SQLite entry:
>
> cat andiCert.der | ./bin2sql
> X'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'
>
> Regards
>
> Andreas
>
> On 10/13/2010 02:39 PM, samuel morin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I try to run strongswan with using sqlite database and i'm facing a
>> problem of certificate format.
>> I put certificates and private key in pem format in my database, which
>> give something like that :
>> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
>> MIIEJjCCAw6gAwIBAgIJAIcBdJN/qHy9MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMF0xCzAJBgNV
>> BAYTAmZyMQ0wCwYDVQQKEwRnb3V2MRIwEAYDVQQLEwllZHVjYXRpb24xETAPBgNV
>> BAsTCGFjLWRpam9uMRgwFgYDVQQDEw9DQS1zcGh5bnhuZy1SVlAwHhcNMTAxMDEy
>> MTQ0NDA0WhcNMjUxMDA4MTQ0NDA0WjBdMQswCQYDVQQGEwJmcjENMAsGA1UEChME
>> Z291djESMBAGA1UECxMJZWR1Y2F0aW9uMREwDwYDVQQLEwhhYy1kaWpvbjEYMBYG
>> A1UEAxMPQ0Etc3BoeW54bmctUlZQMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIB
>> CgKCAQEAqbwOLz3+3L5EMoDKx1Udg+B65oztY7EVCGDx1bxIS+7vglJzd3zijNPQ
>> nIdxRr5BFHscF58aNppq4yIz2GDDe0PZiufKBVaKCajYtfL1oK/LIYHYfPxVtFub
>> 7aFb/kx9WH+yYdcUwXI4Fo17bqRuWQXY+rDLSwqtI9a0kZEXnwtXPy+hZTJBuBoh
>> DOB/Vk1RKmNudDjQA6SKGF8ag1Y2ckgp06cB2xM5F3WTAGreyE9YPj5cLCczCPSE
>> bYXL82qhddBjsl5ihNzfi3sZBh4/vxqW41y36Q0OQ0riX5IzsjT6+bAsYLOa9UuH
>> VdSee+fb1Q7jdjVlLhO4FpfP0jCAeQIDAQABo4HoMIHlMB0GA1UdDgQWBBRVsFec
>> 8Nd+GmAuOBgPFTU4zCwCCTCBjwYDVR0jBIGHMIGEgBRVsFec8Nd+GmAuOBgPFTU4
>> zCwCCaFhpF8wXTELMAkGA1UEBhMCZnIxDTALBgNVBAoTBGdvdXYxEjAQBgNVBAsT
>> CWVkdWNhdGlvbjERMA8GA1UECxMIYWMtZGlqb24xGDAWBgNVBAMTD0NBLXNwaHlu
>> eG5nLVJWUIIJAIcBdJN/qHy9MA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQD
>> AgGGMBEGCWCGSAGG+EIBAQQEAwIAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOCAQEAHKG/BBzY
>> df0ptXcpUALEhT3REXPOzzFdqv2ZiNa1nob7N0iprqWC/s+ZISuxJ8lMxwffV7Hu
>> NvkcOwTGPR2imG6AUv8lheeMrJj0z4QGBiHgAkr2ri8Ds3mrf3VUMLvoQVSdLnHP
>> LlGrKZh6InnaPmTR/YnPEcA9fNiTiLU7nJ/fObtXBjKzvWRtilafwWgH6AZAeLar
>> g02NRx4tZ29fwxC0df7z2DeNve3JDUXDlt4JVQxW2+0ignbu4fYgoXdVv21XvzDN
>> V2krC23ycvdEBUcl3kjZiuBm92YsXT00A0uAIMOAgxlVpo16W1DJhps+Rhsu5sOC
>> 8VEU7QEZJ33WhA==
>> -----END CERTIFICATE-----
>>
>> In this case, strongswan send this error into logs :
>>
>> charon: 04[LIB] L0 - x509: ASN1 tag 0x30 expected, but is 0x2d
>> charon: 04[LIB] =>  47 bytes @ 0x22616af8
>> charon: 04[LIB]    0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 42 45 47 49 4E 20 43 45 52 54 49
>> -----BEGIN CERTI
>> charon: 04[LIB]   16: 46 49 43 41 54 45 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0A 4D 49 49 45
>> FICATE-----.MIIE
>> charon: 04[LIB]   32: 4A 6A 43 43 41 77 36 67 41 77 49 42 41 67 49
>> JjCCAw6gAwIBAgI
>> charon: 04[LIB] building CRED_CERTIFICATE - X509 failed, tried 3 builders
>>
>>
>> So, i try to convert my .pem file into .der (openssl ... -inform pem
>> -outform der) and putting the contents of the file into my database.
>> In this case strongswan send this error :
>>    charon: 04[LIB] number of length octets invalid
>> charon: 04[LIB] L0 - x509:  length of ASN.1 object invalid or too large
>> charon: 04[LIB] L0 - x509:
>> charon: 04[LIB] =>  1 bytes @ 0x228c88b0
>> charon: 04[LIB]    0: 30                                               0
>>
>> In certificates table, i put 1 (CERT_X509) in type value.
>>
>> My certificates works when i use them in file config mode (config
>> parameters in ipsec.conf, ipsec.secrets...)
>>
>> I don't really understand what format strongswan is waiting for...
>>
>> If someone could help me...
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> samuel MORIN
>>
>>
>>
>
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