What is "doing a peer verify"?

[Andreas Winkelmann]

Am Friday 08 September 2006 16:59 schrieb Rosenbaum, Larry M.:

> What does the following syslog message mean (and why is it an "error")?
>
> Sep  8 10:20:39 email imap[17952]: [ID 160154 local6.error] Doing a peer
> verify

It's been used in the Context of TLS while checking a Peer Certificate 
(tls_require_cert: 1).

If it is really a sign of error, just to do the Verify,... ? 

> name       : Cyrus IMAPD
> version    : v2.3.3 2006/02/28 13:00:45
> vendor     : Project Cyrus
> support-url: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
> os         : SunOS
> os-version : 5.9
> environment: Built w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.21
>              Running w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.22
>              Built w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.4.20: (January
> 10, 2006)
>              Running w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.4.20: (January
> 10, 2006)
>              Built w/OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005
>              Running w/OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005
>              CMU Sieve 2.3
>              TCP Wrappers
>              mmap = shared
>              lock = fcntl
>              nonblock = fcntl
>              idle = idled

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	Andreas