Re: SSL (patch 9)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bear Giles <bgiles(at)coyotesong(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SSL (patch 9)
Date: 2002-06-14 04:37:02
Message-ID: 200206140437.g5E4b2F24293@candle.pha.pa.us
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Patch applied. Thanks.

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Bear Giles wrote:
> SSL patch that adds support for optional client certificates.
>
> If the user has certificates in $HOME/.postgresql/postgresql.crt
> and $HOME/.postgresql/postgresql.key exist, they are provided
> to the server. The certificate used to sign this cert must be
> known to the server, in $DataDir/root.crt. If successful, the
> cert's "common name" is logged.
>
> Client certs are not used for authentication, but they could be
> via the port->peer (X509 *), port->peer_dn (char *) or
> port->peer_cn (char *) fields. Or any other function could be
> used, e.g., many sites like the issuer + serial number hash.
>
> Bear

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