Re: Support for sslverify

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, here's a patch that tries this. Since we're in beta, I definitely
>>> want eyes on it before I commit :-)
>>
>> OK, I've applied eyes - here are my immediate thoughts:
>>
>> - The verify mode strings look quite long, per my comment on IM.
>> Perhaps Full, Certificate or None would be better.
>
> I considered that, but I think that would be rather confusing the way
> the dialog is done. Then we'd need a separate header for it, no?
>
> FWIW, they fit fine in the dropdown on my Ubuntu box...
>
> The way it is now, only the "verification" part will slip outside the
> dialog box it they're too long, so I don't think it's too bad?

Meh, it was just a thought.

>
>> - There doesn't seem to be any way to push the verify mode down to the
>> backup/backupall/backupglobals/restore dialogues, or to the debugger
>> (which, annoyingly, still has it's own connection class). Do we want
>> to re-verify in those places, or just set verify=none, as we've
>> already verified at initial connection? I guess in theory a mitm
>> attack could start after we initially connect.
>
> Ick. I'll need to look into that. We must absolutely verify every
> connection, anything else is very stupid.
>
>
>> - Should verify mode also be exposed in the plugins interface? SSL
>> mode is, so it would seem logical.
>
> Yes, if it is, it should be. I think I need to go over my grepping a bit
> more carefully to see if there are more places.

:-)



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