Re: TODO: GNU TLS - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: TODO: GNU TLS
Date
Msg-id 1167495256.1268.0.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: TODO: GNU TLS  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: TODO: GNU TLS
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> > This would be the big feature I think is missing from our current SSL
> > support.  I don't think it'd be terribly difficult to support with
> > either library (I think most of the work would be on the PG user auth
> > side, which would be useable by either).
> 
> Wouldn't it be a lot more logical to support authentication with X.509
> certificates rather than PGP keys?

The use of PGP in this manner is silly imo. X.509 would certainly be
interesting.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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