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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed serve
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Karsten Hilbert |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server |
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Sun, 1 Aug 2010 20:25:43 +0200 |
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On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:38:21AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:
> > SSL
> >
> > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/ssl-tcp.html
>
> I assume it's not in place for the public database or, at least, I recall no
> interaction accepting or acknowledging a certificate.
This is about encryption, not about authentication.
> My experience connecting with SSL is mainly via browser
> so... if a GNUmed client were to try to make a connection to
> Postgres configured to only accept SSL connections, does the
> GNUmed client need to be updated somewhere in its
> configuration (login window checkbox?) to invoke SSL?
No.
> Any thoughts on authenticating users (more than just userid and password)?
There's three methods:
1) knowledge (using a secret)
2) possession (time-based token generator, smart card, etc)
3) identity (biometrics)
Each is possible.
Karsten
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- [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Jim Busser, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Sebastian Hilbert, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Sebastian Hilbert, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Jim Busser, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Jim Busser, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, 2010/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Jim Busser, 2010/08/01
Re: [Gnumed-devel] Hosting an encrypted pythonic simplehttp GNUmed server, Karsten Hilbert, 2010/08/01