[squid-users] squid self signed cert error on some websites

robert k Wild robertkwild at gmail.com
Thu May 20 17:05:52 UTC 2021


ok, bit wierd but its sorted itself out after a reboot?!?!

so now even when i dont whitelist the websites, when i go on them, instead
of getting the cert error message, i get now the normal error message,
saying access denied by your admin

On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 21:52, robert k Wild <robertkwild at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm following this guide
>
> https://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Intercept/SslBumpExplicit
>
> The section
>
> Alternative trust roots
>
> I don't have a dir called
>
> Usr local openssl
>
> Do I have to download the the ca bundle file somewhere?
>
>
>
> On Wed, 19 May 2021, 21:34 robert k Wild, <robertkwild at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Alex, I will do this tomorrow and let you know
>>
>> Thank you, have a great day
>>
>> On Wed, 19 May 2021, 21:25 Alex Rousskov, <
>> rousskov at measurement-factory.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/19/21 4:20 PM, robert k Wild wrote:
>>>
>>> > When I don't add the website to the white list I can't view the cert
>>>
>>> What prevents you from viewing the certificate? Can you click on the
>>> site information icon to the left of the browser Location(?) bar when
>>> the error is displayed? If not, perhaps you can use FireFox built-in
>>> "Web Developer Tools" (Ctrl-Shift-I on my machine) to get to the
>>> certificate? I am not a browser expert, but there is usually a way to
>>> see the certificate if the browser received it.
>>>
>>> If nothing works, can you try reproducing using curl or wget instead of
>>> a browser?
>>>
>>>
>>> > Or are you talking about turn the proxy off on Firefox and access the
>>> > website normally?
>>>
>>> That would give you the third certificate to compare.
>>>
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Wed, 19 May 2021, 21:05 Alex Rousskov,
>>> > <rousskov at measurement-factory.com
>>> > <mailto:rousskov at measurement-factory.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     On 5/19/21 3:44 PM, robert k Wild wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     > when i dont add it to the white list i cant view the website
>>> >     (obviously)
>>> >     > but can see the cert is provided by my squid (default company
>>> ltd)...i
>>> >     > was lazy creating it but cant view the cert
>>> >     >
>>> >     > when i add it to the white list, i can view the website and the
>>> cert
>>> >     > info and its def from my squid cert (default company ltd) as i
>>> see the
>>> >     > valid dates ie before and after
>>> >
>>> >     The difference between those two certificates, if any, may be able
>>> to
>>> >     explain the difference in browser behavior. It would also be
>>> useful to
>>> >     compare those fake certificates with the real one.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     > i think i need to relax the ciphers in my squid.conf as some
>>> other
>>> >     https
>>> >     > websites i get the error page and i dont get the cert error
>>> message
>>> >     >
>>> >     > do you think relaxing the ciphers will work?
>>> >
>>> >     Sorry, I do not know. Obviously, you can trivially check this
>>> theory.
>>> >
>>> >     Alex.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     > On Wed, 19 May 2021, 19:12 Alex Rousskov wrote:
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     On 5/19/21 10:41 AM, robert k Wild wrote:
>>> >     >     > ok i found out what the error is
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > its because in my squid.conf, i have a whitelist file
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > #HTTP_HTTPS whitelist websites
>>> >     >     > acl whitelist ssl::server_name
>>> >     "/usr/local/squid/etc/urlwhite.txt"
>>> >     >     > http_access allow activation whitelist
>>> >     >     > http_access deny all
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > once i added the url to that file, it worked
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > but surely, instead of giving me an error saying
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > secure connection failed
>>> >     >     > Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > it should be the default error ie
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > The following error was encountered while trying to
>>> retrieve
>>> >     the URL:
>>> >     >     > https://blah.blah <https://blah.blah> <https://blah.blah
>>> >     <https://blah.blah>> <https://blah.blah <https://blah.blah>
>>> >     >     <https://blah.blah <https://blah.blah>>>
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     Access Denied.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > how can i change this please
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     The answer depends on _why_ you get that
>>> >     SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE error.
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     If Squid does not have enough information to properly bump
>>> >     your client
>>> >     >     connection, then there may be no bumping-based solution at
>>> all
>>> >     (e.g.
>>> >     >     when the client is using certificate pinning), or you would
>>> >     have to bump
>>> >     >     at step2 when more information is available to Squid (to
>>> >     generate a
>>> >     >     better fake certificate).
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     For the next step, try comparing the fake certificate that
>>> causes
>>> >     >     SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE with the fake same-site certificate
>>> >     that works
>>> >     >     after you whitelist the problematic site. The browser should
>>> >     allow you
>>> >     >     to view both certificates. You can download them and use
>>> >     certificate
>>> >     >     printing tools like "openssl x509 -noout -text -in ..." to
>>> >     compare two
>>> >     >     certificate printouts.
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     HTH,
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     Alex.
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     > On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 13:54, robert k Wild wrote:
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     hi all,
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     i have squid 4.15
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     i have imported my self signed cert on firefox and now
>>> i can
>>> >     >     access
>>> >     >     >     https website (where as before i got a software is
>>> >     preventing this
>>> >     >     >     website from opening)
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     but on some websites i get an error saying
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     secure connection failed
>>> >     >     >     Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     i attach my ssl bump conf in my squid.conf file
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     #SSL Bump
>>> >     >     >     http_port 3128 ssl-bump
>>> >     >     cert=/usr/local/squid/etc/ssl_cert/myCA.pem
>>> >     >     >     generate-host-certificates=on
>>> >     dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=4MB
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >
>>>    cipher=HIGH:MEDIUM:RC4:3DES:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS
>>> >     >     >     sslcrtd_program
>>> >     /usr/local/squid/libexec/security_file_certgen -s
>>> >     >     >     /var/lib/ssl_db -M 4MB
>>> >     >     >     acl step1 at_step SslBump1
>>> >     >     >     ssl_bump peek step1
>>> >     >     >     ssl_bump bump all
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     is there anything wrong you can see, i have tried to
>>> >     make a new CA
>>> >     >     >     but error still occures
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     thanks,
>>> >     >     >     rob
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     --
>>> >     >     >     Regards,
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     Robert K Wild.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > --
>>> >     >     > Regards,
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > Robert K Wild.
>>> >     >     >
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-- 
Regards,

Robert K Wild.
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