Hi,
It could be better if we have a way to compare a certificate finger-print in
SSLRequire expressions... Is that possible?

Regards, Alf

Alfredo Raul Pena wrote:

> "Ralf S. Engelschall" wrote:
>
>      > But when you use "SSLVerifyClient require" you cannot
>      > provide any HTML pages, because the whole authentication stuff is
>      done
>      > _before_ any HTTP is spoken.
>      > When you really want to display such a error page, you can do the
>      following:
>      > Instead of verifying the client certs by checking the signature of
>      the issuer
>      > implicitly through mod_ssl+OpenSSL you can verify it manually via an
>      > SSLRequire expression. This is evaluated after the HTTP request
>      happended, but
>      > before the HTTP response is sent. When the SSLRequire expression
>      expands to
>      > false, a forbidden is forced by mod_ssl. And I'm sure you can
>      intercept this
>      > with an ErrorDocument.
>
> So I should change "require" for "optional_no_ca" and then check for my CA by
> name? I don't think that is as secure as requiring the client certificate be
> signed by my CA. Anyone could make a CA with the same name as mine...
>
> Regards, Alf
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