[nsd-users] Can XoT use self-signed certificates?

A. Schulze sca at andreasschulze.de
Wed Mar 19 07:39:54 UTC 2025


Hello Klaus,

Klaus Darilion via nsd-users:

> Further, why is it necessary to explicitly set the tls-cert-bundle?  
> I guess there is a reason as Bind9 also requires to manually set the  
> ca-file for mutual TLS and client verification. I just don’t  
> understand why.

different OS flavors have different places for a "default set of certs
trusted by the os vendor" (CA/B truststor)
I think, for that reason, it's nessesary to be explicit in nsd.conf

I assume similiar reasons in unbound...

Andreas



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