From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
Cc: | Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Cary Huang <cary(dot)huang(at)highgo(dot)ca>, Ahsan Hadi <ahsan(dot)hadi(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, "Moon, Insung" <tsukiwamoon(dot)pgsql(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Sehrope Sarkuni <sehrope(at)jackdb(dot)com>, cary huang <hcary328(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Internal key management system |
Date: | 2020-10-28 18:29:16 |
Message-ID: | 20201028182916.GA3239@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:02:46PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:43 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> I have used OpenSSL with Yubikey via pksc11. You
> can see the use of it on slide 57 and following:
>
> https://momjian.us/main/writings/crypto_hw_config.pdf#page=57
>
> Interestingly, that still needed the user to type in a key to unlock the
> Yubikey, so we might need PKCS11 and a password for the same server
> start.
>
> Yes, that's possible. But in that case the passphrase will be asked for by
> openssl only when required, and we'll need to supply an openssl askpass hook.
What we _will_ need is access to a /dev/tty file descriptor, and this
patch does that, though it closes it as soon as the internal keys are
unlocked so the terminal can be disconnected from the database
processes.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> https://momjian.us
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