Can not validate the server SSL certificate - c

I'm trying to make a client connect to some servers via https, using openssl library.
The call stack is something like this:
SSL_library_init();
SSL_load_error_strings();
SSL_CTX *ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_method());
SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(ctx, "file_with_trusted_certificates", NULL);
SSL *ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
BIO *bio = BIO_new_socket(...);
SSL_set_bio(ssl, bio, bio);
SSL_connect(ssl);
SSL_get_verify_result(ssl);
I have 2 servers with ssl certificates, which I have extracted using openssl tool and put into "file_with_trusted_certificates" file:
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect server_url:443
The problem is the following: one server is validated (though if not using file_with_trusted_certificates it fails with error 19: self signed certificate in certificate chain), but the check of the second server always fails with error 20: unable to get local issuer certificate. When passing
"-CAfile file_with_trusted_certificates"
to openssl tool, both servers get validated.
What I am doing wrong, why doesn't the second server also get validated?
The servers have different ciphers, and the one that succeeds has secure renegotiation enabled.
EDIT:
The C client runs on a arm device, which has libssl v0.9.8. The openssl tool run on the embedded device yields the same result as the C application: error 20 for first server and OK for the other. Using a linux environment, the openssl tool yield OK for both server, but then, maybe the version of the C application would do the same.

After some trial-error, I managed to find the problem.
I needed to add the certificate of the issuer of the root certificate in the chain in "file_with_trusted_certificates" file, but I added just the root certificate in the chain:
Common name: Baltimore CyberTrust Root -> I added this
Issuer: GTE CyberTrust Global Root -> I needed to add the certificate of this
Interestingly, it was working for the other server because the root certificate in the chain was self-signed and authorized:
Common name: AddTrust External CA Root
Issuer: AddTrust External CA Root

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Issue Installing and Configuring the ODBC Driver for macOS

I can successfully access Snowflake via snowsql, and a browser using the same credentials. However, those credentials do not work with the Driver as laid out in odbc-mac guide. When I test according to "Step 3: Test the ODBC Driver" I get the following eperience:
$ "/Library/Application Support/iODBC/bin/iodbctest"
iODBC Demonstration program
This program shows an interactive SQL processor
Driver Manager: 03.52.1521.0607
Enter ODBC connect string (? shows list): dsn=SnowflakeDSII;pwd=[pwd]
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OOB curl_easy_perform() failed: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)
OOB curl_easy_perform() failed: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)
OOB curl_easy_perform() failed: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)
OOB curl_easy_perform() failed: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)
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1: ODBC_Connect = [Snowflake][DSI] An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the error message for key 'SFRestRequestFailed' with message parameters ['[host]:443/session/v1/login-request?requestId=[id]&request_guid=[guid]&databaseName=[db]&warehouse=[wh]&roleName=[role]', 'CURLerror (curl_easy_perform() failed) - code=77 msg='Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)' osCode=2 osMsg='No (-1) SQLSTATE=HY000
my odbc.ini file is
[ODBC Data Sources]
SnowflakeDSII = Snowflake
[SnowflakeDSII]
Server = [host account].[aws region].snowflakecomputing.com
UID = [user]
Role = [role]
Database = [db]
Warehouse = [warehouse]
Driver = /opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/universal/libSnowflake.dylib
Also...
I installed the driver: snowflake_odbc_mac_arm64-2.25.0.dmg
I had to manually mkdir universal and cp lib/libSnowflake.dylib lib/universal/libSnowflake.dylib
(And the error files too)
Thank you for your time!
Update
Also note the system couldn't find the following error files:
"exceptionMessage": "CURLerror (curl_easy_perform() failed) - code=77 msg='Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)' osCode=2 osMsg='No such file or directory'",
"request": "https://[host].us-east-1.snowflakecomputing.com:443/session/v1/login-request?requestId=b5ebf406-989e-4aab-a043-6b4b656961cd&request_guid=8b68691f-db12-44c3-9a91-1fc685cd87a5&databaseName=[db]&warehouse=[wh]&roleName=[role]",
"sqlState": "HY000"
"/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/universal/en-US/SFMessages.xml"
"/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/universal/SFMessages_en-US.xml"
So I touched them, but then the error said they were 'empty'
The issue was that many of the files that the system needs to be in /lib/universal are not there.
The solution is to either sym link, or move them from /opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc
for example:
# I found
/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/universal/en-US/SFMessages.xml
in
/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/ErrorMessages
Also
/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/cacert.pem
# needed to be moved to
/opt/snowflake/snowflakeodbc/lib/univeral/cacert.pem
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rabbitmq-c SSL peer cert verification failed

I'm trying to connect using SSL, SSL is enabled on the server but I'm not able to connect using the rabbitmq-c client.
I took the amqps_connect_timeout.c example and this is the error that I'm getting at amqp_socket_open_noblock.
SSL peer cert verification failed
When using OpenSSL the connection and verification succeed.
openssl verify -CAfile cacert.pem cert.pem
cert.pem: OK
openssl s_client -connect www.example.com:25586 -CAfile cacert.pem
Verify return code: 0 (ok)
If I disable certificate verification the connection succeed.
amqp_ssl_socket_set_verify_peer(socket, 0);
What am I doing wrong?
I have found what was wrong, my CAfile was missing the intermediate certificate.
Probably openssl s_client is ignoring this by default.
After fixing the cacert file the connection was established from the rabbitmq-c library.

Google App Engine SSL not working with openssl command line tool

I installed a SSL certificate for my google app engine app and Google Apps domain. HTTPS is working ok, but when I try to use openssl cli tool I get this error:
$ openssl s_client -showcerts -connect mysite.com:443
CONNECTED(00000003)
140625875744448:error:1409E0E5:SSL **routines:SSL3_WRITE_BYTES:ssl handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:596:**
---
no peer certificate available
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 226 bytes
---
Any insight on what could be the problem? From what I google'd, it could be a server config problem, but being Google App Engine server, I don't think I can do anything about it.
The main problem is that this prevents connecting securely via low level APIs like openssl, or programming languages (tried with python and it doesn't work). Strange thing is that the web can be accessed using HTTPS with no problems.
If it helps, here's the site: https://www.proofofexistence.com/
This usually happens when you have set up SNI SSL as this is not supported by default on openssl.
To make this work, just set the -servername flag to the name of the vhost you are testing.
$ openssl s_client -showcerts -servername www.proofofexistence.com -connect www.proofofexistence.com:443

SSL google app engine

In order to enable SSL in Appengine.
I try to enable SSL for my custom domain
So far I found this article:
setup SSL on AppEngine... Assigned URLs "empty"
openssl genrsa -out rsaprivkey.pem 1024
openssl req -new -x509 -key rsaprivkey.pem -out dsacert.pem
then I uploaded the generated .pem to google app SSL setting page
dsacert.pem > PEM encoded X.509 certificate
rsaprivkey.pem > Unencrypted PEM encoded RSA private key
However, I got this error message after Upload.
What should I do next?
Domain name in certificate should only contain allowed characters (RFC
1034).
Solve!
It this article
setup SSL on AppEngine... Assigned URLs "empty"
when open ssl asks you questions for your app's name, make sure to
include the entire url as in your answer, www.abc.com to secure
https://www.abc.com
But I didn't find any place to enter my app's name during the openssl pem generation at first.
finally I find out the domain should be filled in organization and common name fields.
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/generate-a-csr-with-openssl
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]: > example.com
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) > *.example.com

how to set-up SSL on google app engine (custom domain name )

Google just announced SSL support for custom domain but I can't understand how it can be set-up as there is no way to generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) on GAE ?!
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=2644386
Am I missing something ?
To expand on the above:
The following three steps should be sufficient to generate a private key and a self-signed certificate suitable for testing SSL on GAE on a linux box:
openssl genrsa -out yourdomain.com.key 1024
openssl req -new -key yourdomain.com.key -out yourdomain.com.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in yourdomain.com.csr -signkey yourdomain.com.key -out yourdomain.com.crt
Disclaimer: It works but I do not know what I'm doing
Various programs exist to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR.) I used 'openssl' on a linux machine to generate the Key and CSR.
1) I generated an Unencrypted PEM encoded RSA private key as specified by Google's SSL for a Custom Domain (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ssl)
cd $HOME
openssl genrsa -out rsa_private_key.key 2048
2) Use the 'rsa_private_key.key' to generate the required Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file.
openssl req -new -key rsa_private_key.key -out request.csr
You will be asked the following questions:
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]: US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]: Illinois
Locality Name (eg, city) []: Chicago
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]: Chicago Company, Ltd.
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: IT
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []: checkout.customedomain.com
Email Address []:
I ignored two additional questions and everything worked fine. The 'request.csr' located on your home directory ($HOME) is the CSR file needed by the Certificate Authority provider to generate your certificate(s). Again, it doesn't have to be openssl: Many tools for various platforms are supported by providers. Just keep in mind Google's requirements.
A side note regarding Custom Domains:
Make sure your CUSTOM DOMAIN includes a subdomain or 'Full Qualified Domain Name.' The 'www.' is considered a subdomain and it's ALWAYS required for ssl in Google Appengine (10/2014.) So in my example if I wanted SSL at customedomain.com I would add 'www.customedomain.com' You can re-direct your naked domain to your Full Qualified Domain Name.
Google Appengine DOES NOT provide SSL support for naked domains like: https://customedomain.com
This is reposted from my answer at:
How to get .pem file from .key and .crt files?
I was trying to go from godaddy to app engine. What did the trick was using this line in the terminal (mac) to generate the the key and csr:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout name.unencrypted.priv.key -out name.csr
Exactly as is, but replacing name with my domain name (not that it really even mattered)
Also, what follows that is a bunch of questions and I answered all the questions pertaining to common name / organization as www.name.com , and I skipped the pass code and company name by just pressing enter
Then I opened the .csr file, copied it, pasted it in go daddy's csr form, waited for godaddy to approve it, then downloaded it, unzipped it, navigated to the unzipped folder in the terminal and entered:
cat otherfilegodaddygivesyou.crt gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt > name.crt
Then I used these instructions from the post Trouble with Google Apps Custom Domain SSL, which were:
openssl rsa -in privateKey.key -text > private.pem
openssl x509 -inform PEM -in www_mydomain_com.crt > public.pem
exactly as is, except instead of privateKey.key I used name.unencrypted.priv.key, and instead of www_mydomain_com.crt, I used name.crt
Then I uploaded the public.pem to the admin console for the "PEM encoded X.509 certificate",
and uploaded the private.pem for the "Unencrypted PEM encoded RSA private key"..
.. And that finally worked.
You need to generate a certificate with a CA and upload it. They aren't offering certificate creation as a service.

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