openresty / openresty/lua-nginx-module

Support for client TLS certificate in tcpsock:sslhandshake

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Description

There's already an option to validate server TLS certificate using lua_ssl_trusted_certificate.

It would be nice if we could provide client TLS certificate, in the same way as ngx_http_proxy module is doing: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_ssl_certificate, so that there would be two new options:

  • lua_ssl_certificate
  • lua_ssl_certificate_key

These options would initialise nginx ssl context with client certificates, which would be used during ssl handshake.

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Research direction

Start at the tcpsock:sslhandshake path and trace how lua_ssl_trusted_certificate currently configures the SSL context. Compare that setup with the ngx_http_proxy client-certificate implementation and verify the new certificate and key options are used during the handshake; done means both options work for client TLS authentication and are covered by the relevant tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, nginx
Domain
networking, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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