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Encrypting TLS client certificates`

WGH
October 25, 2016 07:20PM
When nginx requests a client certificate with ssl_verify_client option,
and client complies, the latter sends its certificate in plain text.

Although it's just a public part of the certificate, one can consider it
a kind of information disclosure, since user name, email, organization,
etc. is transmitted in plain text.

According to this stackexchange question -
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/80177/protecting-information-in-tls-client-certificates
- it's technically possible to request client certificate after
connection is encrypted.

Is it possible to do that in nginx?
Subject Author Posted

Encrypting TLS client certificates`

WGH October 25, 2016 07:20PM

Re: Encrypting TLS client certificates`

Rainer Duffner October 25, 2016 08:12PM

Re: Encrypting TLS client certificates`

Maxim Dounin October 26, 2016 11:10AM



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