Re: SSL over Unix-domain sockets

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SSL over Unix-domain sockets
Date: 2008-01-05 13:13:46
Message-ID: 200801051413.46898.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Using the attached patch, SSL will act over Unix-domain sockets. AFAICT,
> > this just works. I didn't find a way to sniff a Unix-domain socket,
> > however.
> >
> > How should we proceed with this?
>
> I am confused by the shortness of this patch. Right now pg_hba.conf
> has:
>
> # host DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD [OPTION]
> # hostssl DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD [OPTION]
> # hostnossl DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD [OPTION]
>
> These are all for TCP connections. How do we handle 'local' SSL
> connection specification? Do we want to provide similar functionality
> for local connections?

Here is a patch that implements "localssl" as well. It is quite simple.
(Note that the code in hba.c is all copy and paste.)

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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