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Building modules for rhel5 kernel

Build modules for kernel instead of building the whole kernel

Download the kernel rpm
$ rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-x.x.x.el5.src.rpm
$ cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/
$ rpmbuild -bp kernel-2.6.spec

will take some time but less than rebuilding the entire kernel hopefully
$ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
$ cp /boot/config-2.6.18-x.x.x.el5 .config
$ make menuconfig

Here for examplepurpose i’m taking xfs and reiserfs module hopefully it works with whatever you chose
* For xfs/reiserfs make sure to chose xfs and reiserfs as the module
$ make fs/xfs/xfs.ko
In case of error run
$ make SUBDIRS=fs/xfs/ modules
and rerun
$ make fs/xfs/xfs.ko
$ mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/xfs
Copy the module into the /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/xfs
$ cp fs/xfs/xfs.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/xfs
$ make fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
In case of error run
$ make SUBDIRS=fs/reiserfs/ modules
and rerun
$ make fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
$ mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/reiserfs
Copy the module into the /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/reiserfs
$ cp fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/reiserfs

Change permissions
$ chmod 744 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
$ chmod 744 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko

insmod the required module
$ insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
$ insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko
Make entry into /etc/modules.conf
$ echo “install reiserfs /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-x.x.x.el5/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko ” >> /etc/modules.conf
$ echo “install xfs /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-x.x.x.el5/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko ” >> /etc/modules.conf

$ modprobe reiserfs
$ modprobe xfs
$ depmod -a
Should be done hopefully

January 14, 2010 Posted by derwynd | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Open SSL help

General OpenSSL Commands

These commands allow you to generate CSRs, Certificates, Private Keys and do other miscellaneous tasks.

* Generate a new private key and Certificate Signing Request

# openssl req -out CSR.csr -pubkey -new -keyout privateKey.key

* Generate a self-signed certificate

# openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout privateKey.key -out certificate.crt

* Generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for an existing private key

# openssl req -out CSR.csr -key privateKey.key -new

* Generate a certificate signing request based on an existing certificate

# openssl x509 -x509toreq -in certificate.crt -out CSR.csr -signkey privateKey.key

* Remove a passphrase from a private key

# openssl rsa -in privateKey.pem -out newPrivateKey.pem

Checking Using OpenSSL

If you need to check the information within a Certificate, CSR or Private Key, use these commands. You can also check CSRs and check certificates using our online tools.

* Check a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

# openssl req -text -noout -verify -in CSR.csr

* Check a private key

# openssl rsa -in privateKey.key -check

* Check a certificate

# openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -text -noout

* Check a PKCS#12 file (.pfx or .p12)

# openssl pkcs12 -info -in keyStore.p12

Debugging Using OpenSSL

If you are receiving an error that the private doesn’t match the certificate or that a certificate that you installed to a site is not trusted, try one of these commands. If you are trying to verify that an SSL certificate is installed correctly, be sure to check out the SSL Checker.

* Check an MD5 hash of the public key to ensure that it matches with what is in a CSR or private key

# openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in certificate.crt | openssl md5openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in privateKey.key | openssl md5openssl req -noout -modulus -in CSR.csr | openssl md5

* Check an SSL connection. All the certificates (including Intermediates) should be displayed

# openssl s_client -connect http://www.paypal.com:443

Converting Using OpenSSL

These commands allow you to convert certificates and keys to different formats to make them compatible with specific types of servers or software. For example, you can convert a normal PEM file that would work with Apache to a PFX (PKCS#12) file and use it with Tomcat or IIS. Use our SSL Converter to convert certificates without messing with OpenSSL.

* Convert a DER file (.crt .cer .der) to PEM

# openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem

* Convert a PEM file to DER

# openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem -out certificate.der

* Convert a PKCS#12 file (.pfx .p12) containing a private key and certificates to PEM

# openssl pkcs12 -in keyStore.pfx -out keyStore.pem -nodes

You can add -nocerts to only output the private key or add -nokeys to only output the certificates.
* Convert a PEM certificate file and a private key to PKCS#12 (.pfx .p12)

# openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privateKey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile CACert.crt

* To test SSL connections to a mail server, use the openssl command with the s_client parameter:

# openssl s_client -connect smtp.myhost.com:25 -starttls smtp

This essentially opens a telnet-like connection to smtp.myhost.com on port 25 using the STARTTLS extension. This is an interactive session, so you can send commands to the remote SMTP server as well as view the certificate used, view the details of the SSL session, and more. To test SMTP over SSL, don’t use the -starttls option:

# openssl s_client -connect smtp.myhost.com:465

* The above can also be used to connect to any service that uses SSL, such as HTTPS (port 443), POP3 over SSL (port 995), and so forth.

* The openssl command can also be used to create digests of a file, which can be used to verify that a file has not been tampered with:

# echo “test file”> foo.txt

# openssl dgst -md5 foo.txt

MD5(foo.txt)= b05403312f66bdc8ccc597fedf6cd5fe

# openssl dgst -sha1 foo.txt

SHA1(foo.txt)= 0181d93fff60b818g3f92e470ea97a2aff4ca56a

* To view the other message digests that can be used, look at the output of openssl list-message-digest-commands.

* You can also use openssl to encrypt files. To view the list of available ciphers, use openssl list-cipher-commands. Once you’ve chosen a cipher to use, you can encrypt the file using the following commands:

# openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in foo.txt -out foo.enc

enter aes-256-cbc encryption password:

Verifying – enter aes-256-cbc encryption password:

# file foo.enc

foo.enc: data

# cat foo.enc

Salted__yvi{!e????i”Yt?;(Ѱ e%
# openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in foo.enc

enter aes-256-cbc decryption password:

test file

In the above example, the file foo.txt was encrypted using 256-bit AES in CBC mode, the encrypted copy being saved as the file foo.enc. Looking at the contents of the file provide gibberish. Decrypting the file is done using the -d option; however, keep in mind that not only do you need to remember the password, you also need to know the cipher used.

As you can see, OpenSSL provides more than just a library for other applications to use, and the openssl command-line binary is a powerful program in its own right, allowing for many uses.

January 14, 2010 Posted by derwynd | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Extracting certificates from java keystore to use in apache.conf

So you have a javakeystore and want to extract the certificate….

heres what I did .. of course I had the passphrase

Downloaded ….
$ java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5.x86_64.rpm

$ rpm -ivh java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5.x86_64.rpm

$ cd /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/bin/keytool

and
$ ./keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore /opt/certs/final/NetworthKeyStore -destkeystore /tmp/mystore.p12 -srcstoretype JKS -deststoretype PKCS12 -noprompt

Enter destination keystore password:
Re-enter new password:
Enter source keystore password:
Entry for alias networthpnbkey successfully imported.
Import command completed: 1 entries successfully imported, 0 entries failed or cancelled

where KeyStore is the java keystore name

So I got a /tmp/mystore.p12 with everything great
now for some ssl magic
$ openssl pkcs12 -info -in /tmp/mystore.p12

Enter Import Password:
MAC Iteration 1024
MAC verified OK
PKCS7 Data
Shrouded Keybag: pbeWithSHA1And3-KeyTripleDES-CBC, Iteration 1024
Bag Attributes
friendlyName: pubkey
localKeyID: 52 69 3D 69 50 41 22 69 33 34 36 36 32 34 34 36 30 35
Key Attributes:
Enter PEM pass phrase:
Verifying – Enter PEM pass phrase:

Copy the following from output…….

—–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—–
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,FE731BD9D499A31B
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—–END RSA PRIVATE KEY—–

—–BEGIN CERTIFICATE—–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—–END CERTIFICATE—–

Go ahead and import in your apache config

January 14, 2010 Posted by derwynd | Uncategorized | Leave a comment