Re: what can go in root.crt ?

On 6/3/20 7:57 PM, Chapman Flack wrote:
>
> In an ideal world, I think libpq would be using this algorithm:
>
> I'm looking at the server's certificate, s.
> Is s unexpired and in the trust file? If so, SUCCEED.
>
> otherwise, loop:
> get issuer certificate i from s (if s is self-signed, FAIL).
> does i have CA:TRUE and Certificate Sign bits? If not, FAIL.
> does i's Domain Constraint allow it to sign s? If not, FAIL.
> is i unexpired, or has s a Signed Certificate Timestamp made
> while i was unexpired? If not, FAIL.
> is i in the trust file? If so, SUCCEED.
> s := i, continue.
>
> (I left out steps like verify signature, check revocation, etc.)
>
> What it seems to be doing, though, is just:
>
> I'm looking at s
> Follow chain all the way to a self-signed cert
> is that in the file?
>
> which seems too simplistic.
>

Do we actually do any of this sort of thing? I confess my impression was
this is all handled by the openssl libraries, we just hand over the
certs and let openssl do its thing. Am I misinformed about that?

cheers

andrew

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