From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 13374@debbugs.gnu.org, 13877@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13374: bug#13877: 24.3; gnutls.el: Enable Certificate Checks
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:19:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878v5qcgxu.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0evc953i3u.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:51:33 -0500")
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:51:33 -0500 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:
GM> Moritz Ulrich wrote:
>> Currently, gnutls.el doesn't check certificate signatures when used via
>> `open-network-stream' with :type 'tls or `open-gnutls-stream'.
GM> Please see http://debbugs.gnu.org/13374
GM> It was considered too complicated to fix this properly for 24.3.
>> There is NO way to set :verify-host, :verify-flags, etc. for this call
>> to `gnutls-negotiate' when using gnutls via high-level functions like
>> `open-network-stream'.
>>
>> I consider this a bug, as Emacs won't check any certificates and
>> therefore allow man in the middle attacks without even documenting this.
>>
>> It should at least be possible to pass :verify-* from
>> `open-network-stream' down to `gnutls-negotiate'. That would be a simple
>> yet effective solution.
I would like to fix this properly now that 24.3 is out, but perhaps the
emacs-devel mailing list is a better place to work on it?
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-14 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-05 10:40 bug#13877: 24.3; gnutls.el: Enable Certificate Checks Moritz Ulrich
2013-03-05 16:51 ` Glenn Morris
2013-03-14 12:19 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2013-03-27 13:20 ` bug#13374: " Ted Zlatanov
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