Pavel,
The SSLPEER parameter is actually a filter. Therefore you can code it like
"SSLPEER(CN=APPL*, O=MYCompany, OU=Any*, C=US). This will then permit any
CN prefixed by APPL and any OU prefix by "Any". By using the filter you
can service and validate many different Distinguished Names (SSLPEER).
Phil
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Well, denial of service attack is always there, of course (I did not try it
myself with MQ and listener pool, to be completely honest). Of course, I
assume your system will use only SSL channels to have a strong
authentication and confidentiality on the wire. Do not forget to set
SSL_PEER to actually authenticate clients. It is slightly inconvenient
though as you can only accept a single distinguished name per a channel
instance -- but this is how it's done in MQ.
Also, be careful with triggering and DLQ (and DLQ handlers) *inside* the
cluster -- of course, the attacker must penetrate the SSL perimeter to try
to take advantage of them. The threat here is that a legal, but restricted,
user may try to get more privileges in trigger/dlq handler than s/he is
supposed to have. That's one reason why I try to never use any of
triggering / dlq handling.
I am sure there are other threats, just because they are always there
(access to system queues?) but I cannot think of anything concrete right
away. Will let you know if (when?) I will run into anything.
Hope this will help,
Pavel
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Howdy all,
I need some thoughts on possible security vulnabilities.
If I have an MQ server being used as a gateway into a cluster, (it holds no
queues) and no command server is running and a pool of listners are running
for clients to connect with using a server connection channel, can anyone
do anything malicious to my cluster.
The platform would be Linux (red hat) and MQ v5.3 is installed, no other
inetd services are installed.
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