how to detect certificate with webspeed

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biavol

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Hi all,

Can I know if a user has a certain SSL certificate install in his computer using Webspeed ? if not, can it be done with PHP or ASP ? I 'm using OE 10.1C and webspeed running on unix.

Thanks in advance.

biavol
 
Which certificate do you mean? There are two types of SSL certificates you can deal with:

The server certificate

This is standard SSL, the server sends its certificate to the client which must have access to the corresponding root certificate in order to authenticate the server. If the client does not have access to the root certificate it will either raise an error/warning (web browser) or reject the connection alltogether (Progress/OpenEdge GUI and WebClient).

The client certificate

The client certificate is not support by many software vendors - one of 'em is Progress. But, if you are running WebSpeed then the client certificate is sent by the browser and authenticated by the WebServer - therefore WebSpeed and Progress as a vendor is not part of the SSL handshake.

HTH, RealHeavyDude.
 
Thanks HeavyDude for the response,

and it's the client certificate what I want to know if it is install.

Do you know which application can do this?
 
From what I know ( others may know more ):

  • There is no Progress product available today that supports the client certificate - and, AFAIK, it has not a high priority on their list of things to do ...
  • The client certificate checking must be done on the web server. If the client certificate is not accepted by the web server or the client does not send the client certificate, depending on how it's set up, the web sever will refuse the connection attempt. AFAIK there's no way you'll know about that on the WebSpeed broker - since the web server rejected the client.
Regards, RealHeavyDude.
 
Hi,
There is no Progress product available today that supports the client certificate - &, AFAIK, it has not a high priority on their list of things to do.block everything at your firewall (excluding your desired services from specific servers) and then they don't tunnel/direct connect out through any other means.
Thank you



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