On 23/10/09 10:53 -0700, Tobias Paepke wrote:
> 
> > > > - The administrator should be able to configure the client in a way
> > > > hat only SSL connections are allowed and the user is not allowed to
> > > > change this option.
> >
> > > > I don't understand. Who is administrator?
> >
> > > The one who is installing the client. Remember: we are talking about an
> > > enterprise environment here. Installation packages are provides by the
> > > admin.
> >
> > It is not possible except if you create a specific exe and even with that 
> > you
> > can still download the official client and run it without installation.
> 
> What about self-signed client certificates. Thats a way you can
> control which user/client can connect.  Even if its freshly downloaded
> or modified.
> I'm not a friend of having this the standard behavior, but it can be a
> solution.
> And you have to have an option on client and server to configure your
> Certificate Authority.
> 
> I agree with hartmut to force the encryption of the client-server
> connection. These user should not have the option to decide to run
> tryton unencrypted.

Sorry but the problem is not about encrypted or not connection but about
man-in-the-middle attack. So the user must be able to authenticate the server
and one possiblity is to check a certificate.

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