Re: SSL Support

From: Dominic Mitchell <dom(at)happygiraffe(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SSL Support
Date: 2004-09-21 18:11:48
Message-ID: 41506EE4.7070201@happygiraffe.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> dom(at)happygiraffe(dot)net (Dominic Mitchell) writes:
>>On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:17:51AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>>Am Dienstag, 21. September 2004 09:24 schrieb Dominic Mitchell:
>>>>In initialize_SSL(), we call SSL_CTX_set_verify(), but we don't pass
>>>>in the SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT flag. This means that a client
>>>>can present no certificate and still get access to the server.
>
>
>>The code is all there to do so, pretty much. What it's missing is a few
>>toggles to make it say "I want to enforce this to happen".
>
> This is intentional. See past discussions.

Ok, I'll go and review them and stick to documentation patches. I hope
I can avoid other people being surprised in the manner I was.

Thanks,
-Dom

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