TLS client certificate support
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- Objective-C
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Description
Currently, the only thing keeping me from using SSLVerifyClient require on my private ownCloud instance for "enhanced security" is the limited mobile clients support.
This was a long-requested desktop client feature that got in (not that long ago) our 2.3 version: https://github.com/owncloud/client/issues/69. There's a screenshot of how the dialog prompted on handshake looks on https://github.com/owncloud/client/issues/6128#issuecomment-339915027
I'm not sure if this could be done in a "sandboxed" iOS application nowadays - i.e. provide access to the certificate living on the device keychain only to the ownCloud app - and additionally request its password. Feel free to close if there are technical limitations for this.
(FR coming from https://github.com/owncloud/ios/issues/222)
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the iOS SDK issue and the referenced ownCloud client issues, especially the desktop certificate-handshake dialog and the related iOS request. Determine whether iOS can provide an app-scoped client certificate from the device keychain and prompt for its password; done means a clear feasibility decision and, if feasible, a defined implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, objective-c
- Domain
- mobile-dev, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100