36f40ce2dc
The sslcertmode option controls whether the server is allowed and/or required to request a certificate from the client. There are three modes: - "allow" is the default and follows the current behavior, where a configured client certificate is sent if the server requests one (via one of its default locations or sslcert). With the current implementation, will happen whenever TLS is negotiated. - "disable" causes the client to refuse to send a client certificate even if sslcert is configured or if a client certificate is available in one of its default locations. - "require" causes the client to fail if a client certificate is never sent and the server opens a connection anyway. This doesn't add any additional security, since there is no guarantee that the server is validating the certificate correctly, but it may helpful to troubleshoot more complicated TLS setups. sslcertmode=require requires SSL_CTX_set_cert_cb(), available since OpenSSL 1.0.2. Note that LibreSSL does not include it. Using a connection parameter different than require_auth has come up as the simplest design because certificate authentication does not rely directly on any of the AUTH_REQ_* codes, and one may want to require a certificate to be sent in combination of a given authentication method, like SCRAM-SHA-256. TAP tests are added in src/test/ssl/, some of them relying on sslinfo to check if a certificate has been set. These are compatible across all the versions of OpenSSL supported on HEAD (currently down to 1.0.1). Author: Jacob Champion Reviewed-by: Aleksander Alekseev, Peter Eisentraut, David G. Johnston, Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9e5a8ccddb8355ea9fa4b75a1e3a9edc88a70cd3.camel@vmware.com
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: https://www.postgresql.org/download/ See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.