Re: Spoofing as the postmaster

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Spoofing as the postmaster
Date: 2007-12-29 03:10:18
Message-ID: 27698.1198897818@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Agreed. Requiring client root certificate checking is heavy-handed.

There seems to be some confusion here. I didn't think anyone was
proposing that we force every installation to require client root
certificate checking. What was under discussion (I thought) was
providing the ability for a DBA to *choose* to require it.

> Of course I am not sure anyone knows how to get that information from
> SSL.

Yeah, if OpenSSL doesn't support testing for this then the discussion
is moot...

regards, tom lane

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