[dev] S/Mime signature not validating (Was Fwd: Test)

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at horde.org
Wed Jan 15 05:00:26 UTC 2014


Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>
>>> ..and here's one that was sent via Android, validation succeeds in  
>>> Apple Mail and on iOS, but not in IMP.
>>
>> Come on Android.  I expect better out of you.
>>
>> As mentioned in a previous message, this has the same S/MIME  
>> structure issue:
>>
>> + multipart/signed
>>  - application/pkcs7-signature
>>
>> The whole point of using multipart/signed is to send the actual  
>> MIME data in cleartext, so that non s/mime capable agents can read  
>> it.  This message has no data - just S/MIME data.  Fail.  (If you  
>> are going to send boh content and signature in a single part, you  
>> use application/pkcs7-mime).
>
> To save your faith in Android, this once again looks like a Mailman  
> (or maybe a broken spam/virus scanner?) issue. The original email has:
>
> + mulitpart/signed
>   - text/html
>   - application/pkcs7-signature
>
> I'll send you an email directly from the same Android device in case  
> you want to look at it.

Yup.  It's a Mailman issue then.

michael

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