Re: [exim/exim] [Bug]: GNUTLS certificate validation incompatible with certificates lacking a commonName attribute (Issue #3215)

"Adam D. Barratt via Exim-dev" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:41:58 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.mail.exim.devel
Message-ID <a3a64aa43388f2c390f0425a5bb9cb3ee6417502.camel@adam-barratt.org.uk>
On Tue, 2026-04-14 at 20:22 +1000, Viktor Dukhovni via Exim-dev wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 07:43:22PM +0100, adsbarratt via Exim-dev
> wrote:
> 
> > Seen using Exim 4.96-15+deb12u7 on Debian 12, but the relevant code
> > does not appear to have changed in the meantime
> 
> Is the Exim build in quetion definitely linked with GnuTLS and not
> OpenSSL?  If you want to have working DANE support in Exim, you
> should IMNSHO avoid the GnuTLS backend.

Yes, Debian's packaged Exim builds are all linked against GnuTLS.

I'd rather not have to maintain a separate build and have Debian's
infrastructure run something that's different from what we release to
users.

Regards,

Adam

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