Re: BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything?
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Msg-id 5431.1217865012@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #4340: SECURITY: Is SSL Doing Anything?  ("Dan Kaminsky" <dan@doxpara.com>)
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"Dan Kaminsky" <dan@doxpara.com> writes:
> Clearly, this is handling self-signed certs.  Great.  But what I really want
> to know is, is verify_peer accepting a self-signed identity assertion?
> Because that'd be remote EoP.

I'm just guessing what you're driving at (unexplained acronyms aren't
a good way to communicate), but I think it's not a big problem.  PG
doesn't rely on SSL for authentication, only for communications
security, so whether the remote cert is self-signed doesn't seem
like much of an issue.  Anyway, you can adjust your list of trusted
CAs to determine whether you'll accept it or not.

            regards, tom lane

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