[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#573889: Bug#573889: libssl0.9.8: unknown message digest algorithm error in dovecot

[Marcus Jodorf]

Kurt Roeckx wrote:

> I'm first trying get an idea of where it might go wrong.
> 
> The only thing I can say for now is that the problem goes away
> in postfix if you comment out the smtpd_tls_CAfile line.

Interesting.
There is no real logical explanation why I even tried this, but I just 
commented out the corresponding line in dovecot's config, upgraded once 
more to libssl0.9.8m-2 package and now login works again, too.

ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
#ssl_ca_file =/etc/ssl/certs/mydomain_CA.pem

(but I suppose this workaround would break client certificate 
verification guessing from the docs)

Hope this helps.

Marcus