Re: BUG #5468: Pg doesn't send accepted root CA list to client during SSL client cert request

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #5468: Pg doesn't send accepted root CA list to client during SSL client cert request
Date: 2010-05-25 15:48:44
Message-ID: 23787.1274802524@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Bug 5245 is not the same issue. They're talking about the server not
> sending the full certificate chain for the cert that identifies the
> server (server.crt). It's nothing to do with client certificates.
> Without the full chain, the client can't verify the server unless it
> happens to already have the intermediate certs between the server's cert
> and the trusted root that signed it installed locally. I haven't
> encountered #5245 myself, but will test it shortly to verify. It'd
> certainly count as a significant bug, as it would make it impossible to
> use indirect trust to verify a server (as is the case when a corporate
> CA signed by a "big name" CA is in use).

BTW, does anyone know exactly how to fix that? I'm looking at a related
request internal to Red Hat right now.

regards, tom lane

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