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Fail with unknown |
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Comments from Bear Giles: |
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On a related note, I had mentioned this before but it's a subtle point |
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and I'm sure that it's slipped everyone's mind... |
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- if you need to have confidence in the identity of the database |
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server, e.g., you're storing sensitive information and you absolutely |
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must prevent any "man in the middle" attacks, use the SSL code I |
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provided with server-side certs. To many users, the key issue is not |
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whether the data is encrypted, it's whether the other party can be |
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trusted to be who they claim to be. |
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- if you just need confidentiality, but you don't need to verify the |
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identity of the database server (e.g., because you trust the IP address, |
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but worry about packet sniffers), SSH tunnels are much easier to set up |
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and maintain than the embedded SSL code. You can set up the database |
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server so it doesn't require a certificate (hell, you can hard code a |
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fallback certificate into the server!), *but that violates the common |
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practice of SSL-enabled servers.* I cannot overemphasize this - every |
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other SSL-enabled server requires a certificate, and most provide |
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installation scripts to create a "snake oil" temporary certificate. I |
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can't think of any server (apache+mod_ssl, courier-imap, postfix(+tls), |
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etc.) that uses anonymous servers. |
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- if you don't need confidentiality, e.g., you're on a trusted network |
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segment, then use direct access to the server port. |
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