Certificates containing UTF8 encoded names don't work on Netware

  • 7000540
  • 02-Jun-2008
  • 13-Feb-2017

Environment

Novell Apache
Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 6 or earlier
Nile.nlm earlier than version 7.00.01 Dated August 20, 2007
Certificate contains UTF-8 encoded names

Situation

Attempted to use a Thawte signed Certificate to enable SSL communication to Apache.

Can't establish a secure connection using a 3rd party certificate.







Resolution

The nile.nlm that is included in Netware 6.5 Support Pack 7 dated August 20, 2007 now handles UTF8 encoded names. Earlier versions did not. It is required that support pack 7 be applied.