Re: TODO: GNU TLS

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
Subject: Re: TODO: GNU TLS
Date: 2006-12-30 18:44:14
Message-ID: 4596B37E.5020204@hagander.net
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mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:05:14PM +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>> Except tht X.509 is already done (in a sense). The client can supply a
>> certificate that the server can check, and vice-versa. You can't link
>> this with the postgresql username yet, but I havn't seen any proposals
>> about how to do that.
>
> I suggest associating the SHA-1 fingerprint with the ROLE. I would love
> to have this.

I would suggest a map based on the CN. Any org with a centralized PKI
infrastructure is likely to assign certs with the userid or other unique
identifier in the CN.

//Magnus

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