On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:04:22 PM UTC-5, jcbollinger wrote:
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> You are correct that that only the identity of the client node is 
> authenticated by Puppet, and even that only insomuch as the client can be 
> relied upon to protect its SSL certificate.  The $hostname fact cannot be 
> relied upon to convey that information, as it doesn't in any sense need to 
> be the same thing; you're looking for $certname.  It is, however, $certname 
> (not $hostname) by which a node block is selected and/or an ENC queried, so 
> Puppet's architectural foundation is secure in that regard.
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Do you mean the $clientcert variable which is described at 
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/faq.html#are-there-variables-available-other-than-those-provided-by-facter
I don't seem to have a $certname variable (I'm using puppet 3).

Thanks in advance.

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