Re: PKI/SSL Client/Server Certificate Authentication

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Brian A(dot) Seklecki" <lavalamp(at)spiritual-machines(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PKI/SSL Client/Server Certificate Authentication
Date: 2006-01-13 16:08:44
Message-ID: 25602.1137168524@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp(at)spiritual-machines(dot)org> writes:
> If a "bad person" were to somehow obtain a copy of the source code with a
> password embedded in the connect string (Steal it from a developer who
> uses Windows, or maybe convince Apache to not interpret PHP before sending
> to the client, something stupid like that), they would still be unable to
> connect without a client certificate.

So they steal the client certificate file instead of (the file
containing) the password. How exactly is this more secure?

regards, tom lane

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