Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt
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Msg-id 20090410182754.GF8123@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: libpq 8.4 beta1: $PGHOST complains about missing root.crt
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* Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> I think I agree with Martin on this.  The server doesn't fail if you
> don't provide it a root cert; it just doesn't try to trace client certs
> to the root.  It is not apparent why the client should be stricter than
> that, and definitely not apparent why such strictness should be the
> default behavior.

I agree with this.  Avoiding spoofing is good, but so is on the wire
encryption even if you don't have anti-spoofing.  This is a reasonable
set-up and we shouldn't just fail on it.

    Stephen

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