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SSL context options for in memory cert and pk

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Category: Streams Extension: openssl Feature Status: Verified
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Description

Description

It is dangerous to store certificates and privateKeys (without a password) on the disk. Unfortunately, this is needed to load the * .p12 file into stream_context_create.

Please, add the option to set certificates and privateKeys from string content or at least from Data URLs, instead the file path only.

// Using string content
// --------------------

openssl_pkcs12_read(file_get_contents('cert.p12'),$certificates,'pass');

$stream_context = stream_context_create(
[ 'ssl' => [ 'local_cert' => $certificates['cert'],
             'local_pk'   => $certificates['pkey']
           ]
]);
// Using Data URLs
// ---------------

openssl_pkcs12_read(file_get_contents('cert.p12'),$certificates,'pass');

$stream_context = stream_context_create(
[ 'ssl' => [ 'local_cert' => 'data:,'.$certificates['cert'],
             'local_pk'   => 'data:,'.$certificates['pkey']
           ]
]);
// Hack: temp files
// ----------------

openssl_pkcs12_read(file_get_contents('cert.p12'),$certificates,'pass');

file_put_contents('cert.temp',$certificates['cert']);
file_put_contents('pkey.temp',$certificates['pkey']);

$stream_context = stream_context_create(
[ 'ssl' => [ 'local_cert' => 'cert.temp',
             'local_pk'   => 'pkey.temp'
           ]
]);

Expected result: Reading certificates and privateKeys without temp files.
Actual result: Reading certificates and privateKeys only with temp files.

PHP Version

PHP 8.1.1

Operating System

All

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Research direction

Start with the stream_context_create SSL options, especially local_cert and local_pk, and compare their current file-path handling with the openssl_pkcs12_read output shown here. Determine the supported representation and add coverage demonstrating certificate and private-key loading without temporary files; done means the supplied example works on all platforms.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, php
Domain
networking, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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