amanda-auth-ssl — SSL Communication/Authentication methods between Amanda server and client
This authenticate method use ssl certificate to authenticate host, all transfer over the network is encrypted.
Each amanda client/server must have its own certificate signed by the amanda CA certificate.
In amanda.conf and amanda-client.conf.
ssl-dir
The directoty where amanda store all the certificates. A good value is ~/amanda-ssl.
ssl-check-certificate-host
Check the peer hostname match the certificate host name.
ssl-check-fingerprint
Check the fingerprint of the certificate is the same as the fingerprint we already have for that host.
ssl-check-host
Do the bsd check, dns name of peer IP is the hostname we connect to.
$SSL_DIR/CA/crt.pem # CA certificate that signed all certificates. $SSL_DIR/CA/private/key.pem # CA private key (on server only) $SSL_DIR/me/crt.pem # public certificate of the host $SSL_DIR/me/private/key.pem # private key of the host $SSL_DIR/me/fingerprint # fingerprint of my certificate $SSL_DIR/remote/HOSTNAME/fingerprint # fingerprint of the HOSTNAME certificate
On the HOSTNAME host, $SSL_DIR/remote/HOSTNAME is a symbolic link to ../me.
amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amanda-client.conf(5), disklist(5), amdump(8), amrecover(8), amssl(8), amanda-auth(7)
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