Re: [HACKERS] SSL over Unix-domain sockets

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] SSL over Unix-domain sockets
Date: 2008-01-18 11:35:40
Message-ID: 200801181235.41345.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Freitag, 18. Januar 2008 schrieb Magnus Hagander:
> Not that much more than moving the socket file to a secure directory. Both
> rely on configuring the client properly. It's arguably a lot easier to
> configure the client to connect to the correct socket, than to make sure
> the client has a root certificate installed.

How would a client check whether the socket file is in a secure location?

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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