Re: TODO: GNU TLS

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.

> The reason I wanted to use PGP is that I already have a PGP key. X.509
> certificates are far too complicated (a certificate authority is a
> useless extra step in my case).

I prefer to allow self-signed certificates approved by fingerprint,
rather than content - having a central authority vouche for a person's
right to use my system does not appeal to me. Yes, this does make
X.509 far too complicated. I have a tendency to put garbage in the
X.509 fields, and use only the private key / public key / fingerprint
of public certificate, which would match your use of PGP keys... :-)

Cheers,
mark

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