* Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users@postfix.org>:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 02:54:29PM +0200, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
> 
> > IIRC smtpd_tls_ask_ccert should not be enabled on publicly referenced MTAs,
> > because there are enough MTAs out there unable to handle client certificate
> > requests from a server they connect to.
> > 
> > It that is true, would it be possible to make smtpd_tls_ask_ccert client
> > dependent e.g. request a ccert when the client sends e.g. a specific HELO
> > hostname?
> > 
> > mail.example.com        ask_ccert
> > .example.net            ask_ccert
> 
> Obviously this would be a new feature.  With the existing Postfix
> you can run an SMTP service that requests client certificates on
> a different IP address or port, provided the clients in question
> are willing to configure a manual transport entry for your domain.
> 
> As for the new feature, it is possible in principle.  How important
> is this?  What value do you expect to get from said client
> certificates?

I would want to identify clients by their certificate fingerprint. Either in a
policy service or in a Postfix map. I am thinking smtpd_tls_policy_maps.



> 
> -- 
>       Viktor.

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