On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:43:15PM +0200, Marek Marcola wrote: > When server sends CertificateRequest to client, client may ignore > this or respond with full client authentication. > > Some other application use different way in authentication clients. > When client connects, there is no need to authentication and client > can do all actions that no required authentication (and for many > clients this is enough). But when client wants to do action that > requires authentication, server initiates SSL re-handshake with > requesting client certificate (and CertificateVerify information).
In my case I don't know who the special clients are, until they send their credentials. Only the clients know in advance that they are special. Is it possible for a client to unilaterally provide credentials without the server explicitly requesting them? If that were possible, I could stop requesting credentials from all clients. I can also operate a separate service port for clients that need to send credentials, but if I can avoid it, and not lose connectivity with misconfigured clients, I'd like to explore that option. -- Viktor. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]