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Android - no peer certificate

jasper33

When I connect to Webdav the following message appears: no peer certificate
With other Webdav apps the message doesn’t appear.

Boris

Hello jasper

which WebDAV provider do you use? Remember WebDAV is still beta and not all providers can be supported at the moment.

Best regards
Boris

Gravitys

Hi Boris,

i got the same error, i'm using Webdav services from owncloud, this is a private setup, i as i dont have an official certificate for my https domain, i believe this is the reason.

Would be great on the android client to have an option to bypass the warning

Regards
Stéphane

Boris

Hello Stéphane

at the moment it is not possible to include an own certificate. So we try to make a list with all not supported providers to include them manually.
With a private setup this method could be difficult because every certificate differs from each other. I will put your issue on our bug tracker so we can find a solution for private setups!

Best regards
Boris

Trigun

Just wondering how progress on this issue has been going? I have a similar setup with owncloud and https: and keep getting "You have entered wrong credentials". I have used the advanced setup under WebDAV and pointed to the custom certificate.

Also, would it make sense to add a "Connect to ownCloud" option just like the "Connect to Dropbox" option and have it try to connect using the owncloud app on the phone.

Boris

Hello Trigun

now it is possible to connect to a owncloud webdav server using a self signed certificate.

Make sure you are using .crt or .pem file format. If you are using .pem format the certificate file should look like this:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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......
AFWyw/bDktUtFWw/X8ysvxOyFx/3M5+qBp8JV9iIj+C0qP8VohsiBhhUIMyUKvYq
DvywpoVSNVj4q1XZU+2FLpDe6F8CAwEAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOCAQEAROFL
XZCAnCMsfgzfnbHYG+1twfOyBHe6tNvLpLQBiNM0Uiw35H7tQkeuXRK0RSgqNtOb
PzqhVLW9XVbtFvFnGtUugK/HsKoqgqSkfcZwMtGPoC+H38+QlA+eScVqGljfOeZV
hYjz/sBxfkiZzHY2XP3l476USuHd1PcV4dUFZoQxOX3jnQMtZ7CQsrppJzYVCmU+
njOKNH4/Rj8Nn6a+YuBDR8QlF6ffxAX7mI34EnkMzukX/SlIsn7Ia+vaTXkAbQZA
RBKTNu4iBF6ZJLmsgcCor4i0aF8iAdhtZngYvjgWXTSzlxkiCwRV/kW9gLgcANu3
u9VMexSGZBETYZf0CA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Best regards
Boris

Trigun

I have verified all the above but still have an issue. I finally got pass the wrong credentials message by connecting using wifi instead of trying to connect using my data plan (not sure what that is all about). But now I get the "Cannot read certificate file" error.
I tried what you suggested in this post (https://forums.boxcryptor.com/topic/boxcryptor-for-android) but still no luck. I checked the certificate to make sure it was formatted correctly.

Boris

Hello Trigun

the error comes up when the certificate file on your local storage cannot be read.

So make sure you store your file e.g. here "/sdcard/cert.pem" and make sure the path matches when you choose the location in the Advanced WebDAV settings. Also make sure you do not delete it from there because it has to be read every time BoxCryptor starts.

Best regards
Boris

Trigun

Tried that as well and still a no go, keep getting the read error. I have checked file permissions just to make sure as well. As you have done your support has anyone gotten a successful connection with an owncloud server? Did they have to relax the ssl security to get it?

The owncloud android app works okay with the same settings I am entering into boxcryptor (except in the owncloud app I do not have to specify the certificate).