[3981] in WWW Security List Archive
FWD:SSL and Access Control Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John.Clayton@ISD01.scotoff.gov.uk)
Tue Jan 14 14:28:20 1997
From: John.Clayton@ISD01.scotoff.gov.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 16:26:00 +0000
TO: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Jorge,
Netscape Enterprise Server can work with third-party certificate =
authorities (such as VeriSign) to generate server-side certificates. In =
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addition,it supports client-side certificates that let clients with the =
=
right publilc-key certificates log-on to several servers without needing=
=
to enter users names and paswords for each server.
Is that what you asking about, or have I misunderstood?
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John Clayton, Scottish Office =
email: John.Clayton@isd01.scotoff.gov =
>Isn't it possible to use SSL authentication to apply a site access =
policy, =
>using the identification on the certificate?
