[AG-TECH] Certificates

[Susanne Lefvert]

Randy,

Unfortunately, this wizard was not supposed to be included in the release, 
but I forgot to change the button callback in the 'View Pending Requests' 
window. And yes, it is totally broken (not finished yet). 

Susanne 




On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Randy Groves wrote:

> Susanne,
> 
> Does this mean that it is totally broken, in that if we use that tree of 
> the request process nothing gets generated at all, no matter what type of cert?
> 
> I had suspicions on the host and service certs, but I was assuming that the 
> identity cert worked.
> 
> That may explain why I haven't seen any of my requests show up in the 
> request queue ... (ones that were generated from an external host that has 
> external connectivity)
> 
> -randy
> 
> At 02:02 PM 9/11/2003 -0500, Susanne Lefvert wrote:
> >George,
> >
> >The wizard that lets you select type of certificate (identity, service,
> >and host) is broken. Instead, please use the wizard that opens
> >when you run the Venue Client or from the 'Preferences' menu in the Venue
> >Client, select 'Manage Certificates - Request a certificate', which lets
> >you request an identity certificate.  This bug has been fixed in cvs
> >code and will be included in next release. Sorry for the inconvenience.
> >
> >Susanne
> >
> >On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hey George,
> > >
> > > We've been signing certs at a record rate lately, the benefit of having 
> > more
> > > than one person enabled to do so. I haven't seen any come through lately,
> > > but I know there are three different certs that have been signed for the
> > > email you're using.
> > >
> > > Have you gotten any confirmation email about those certificates? I'm
> > > surprised you have nothing yet.
> > >
> > > The only certificate you need to think about at this point is an identity
> > > cert. Whatever we can do to get you one we're happy to do.
> > >
> > > Sorry for the problems,
> > >
> > > --Ivan
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > > [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Glover George
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:19 PM
> > > > To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > > Subject: [AG-TECH] Certificates
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi.  I am to the point now where either I'm completely mistaken about
> > > > certificates, or the people who sign them took a couple weeks
> > > > vacation.
> > > >  I'll paste the body of a message i posted to Thomas Uram
> > > > offlist, just
> > > > incase someone can understand what i'm talking about.
> > > >
> > > > Hi, sorry to bother but wanted to quit cluttering the list with these
> > > > requests.  I posted that we installed the program as
> > > > Administrator, and
> > > > tried setting it up (XP).  We did get the request that you told me
> > > > about, however, since then C:\Documents and
> > > > Settings\Administrator was
> > > > deleted.  So we don't have those certificates anymore.  So we then
> > > > re-installed the program (other reasons - windows and
> > > > everything).  Now
> > > > we'd like to run the room as a single user, so we tried setting the
> > > > program up as that user (from a fresh install) this time.  We
> > > > sent off
> > > > the request (for Identity), but this was a week or more ago,
> > > > and i still
> > > > haven't recieved anything.  I then tried going ahead and
> > > > setting up our
> > > > linux boxes (Audio and Video).  Here, I have no idea where
> > > > docs are, so
> > > > I just tried running venue client on the video machine and it
> > > > asked to
> > > > submit a certificate request as well.  i tried that the same day, and
> > > > still no response today.  I did re-submit the request today on the
> > > > windows display machine, so we'll see how that goes in the
> > > > next two days
> > > > i guess.
> > > >
> > > > Can you help me understand one thing though.  What are the
> > > > differences
> > > > between the three types of certificates?  Do I need to request one of
> > > > each?  Do I need to request a machine one for each machine, or is
> > > > requesting one Identity certificate and somehow (which i also need to
> > > > learn) importing them on the Audio and Video machines?
> > > >
> > > > I am extremely confused about this, and would kill to get the newer
> > > > version up, as it is much easier for our operator to use.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a million in advance.
> > > >  ----- End Body ---
> > > >
> > > > Can someone please let me know what to do about this
> > > > certificate problem?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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