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Joey Hess 2008-07-24 14:33:03 -04:00
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@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ For now, I want to try and resolve the issues with net\_ssl\_test, and run more
> ikiwiki) performing any sanity checking of the openid server. All the
> security authentication goes on between your web browser and the openid
> server. This may involve ssl, or not.
>
>> Note that I'm not an openid expert, and the above may need to be taken
>> with a grain of salt. I also can make no general statements about openid
>> being secure. ;-) --[[Joey]]
>
> For example, my openid is "http://joey.kitenet.net/". If I log in with
> this openid, ikiwiki connects to that http url to determine what openid
@ -34,3 +38,15 @@ For now, I want to try and resolve the issues with net\_ssl\_test, and run more
>> for use by ikiwiki and the rest is simple.
>> -- Brian May
>>> I guess that the place to add SSL cert checking would be in either
>>> [[cpan LWPx::ParanoidAgent]] or [[cpan Net::OpenID::Consumer]]. Adding
>>> it to ikiwiki itself, which is just a user of those libraries, doesn't
>>> seem right.
>>>
>>> It's not particularly clear to me how a SSL cert can usefully be
>>> checked at this level, where there is no way to do anything but
>>> succeed, or fail; and where the extent of the check that can be done is
>>> that the SSL cert is issued by a trusted party and matches the domain name
>>> of the site being connected to. I also don't personally think that SSL
>>> certs are the right fix for DNS poisoning issues. --[[Joey]]