[Serusers] [Fwd: [Sip-implementors] TLS certificate question]

[Klaus Darilion]

Hi!

Thanks for your comments!

I just wanted you to know that I'm still working on my answer (reading 
RFC, list archives ...). Thus, no answer yet ;-)

Cesc wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Interesting discussion :)
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> As it is now, the current tls code does not really allow for 
> flexibility, i would say. How about creating some kind of module that 
> would allow in-depth access to tls functions, such as
> - tls_verify_peer_cert()
> - tls_check_from()
> - tls_check_to()

I agree. We will need this functions. We should also document what the 
current implementation is validating (when authenticating a server 
certificate: which domain is checked against which part of the 
certificate?) ...

regards
klaus

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> This way a barebones connection may be accepted on the tls level (say, 
> just server authentication). Then, in the config file you may be able to 
> stiffen the authentication requirements with a bunch of functionalities 
> provided by a tls_tools module.
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> Regards,
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> Cesc
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