Thanks Scott.

Its certainly possible, but non-trivial.  We have code to handle the
retrieval of the certificate and create a Credentials object for it that you
can later interrogate for information. We generally assume however, that,
you're only asking for the certificate.

If that provides access to the contained E-mail address and/or principal name then that should do. If I change the connector such that clientAuth="true" so that a client certificate is required how do I get the interactive logon to appear too? The documented Webflow implies that if the client does supply a valid certificate then it is not re-directed to the interactive form.

So you'd have to retrieve the certificate, store it in session/flow, and
then ask for username/password.  You'll send the combination of
username/password/certificate as one Credential and then have a custom
authentication handler which can check both of them.

Then its up to you to figure out what to do if the username's don't match
:-)

That easy, it's just a logon failure. Currently, I only have to do a yes or no and not the report of bad attempts or security alerts. The non-trivial above may put off the people here so I'm trying to find the simplest approach I can that just does what it has to.

What I'm thinking above is would it be possible to require a client certificate to be presented in the SSL handshake and then still re-direct to the logon form for username & password? Then, as part of some custom LDAP/AD handler, do the directory bind for authentication and then compare the client certificate's E-mail address / principal name? The directory currently contains the user's public certificate so the certificate could be compared it total if that were easier.

Thanks

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