Re: Use the SSL personal certificate to instead of username/password

M. Chris wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Lately i have build up a SVN server using apache + subversion +
> TortoiseSVN. Now everything is working fine with username/password
> authorization method.
> But i am going to use SSL personal certificate to replace
> username/password authorization method, because this should be a way
> more security and simple. I am planning use SSL personal certificate to
> identify the user. Now everything is ok without any issue except the
> commits without username. This is true because i never keyed in the
> username/password during the login, the server always ask personal
> certificate.
> So my question is that are there any ways the TortoiseSVN can get the
> CN (common name) from SSL personal certificate to fill up the username
> during commit? because the administrator couldn't know the commit was
> created by which user without username information and the SSL personal
> certificate's CN is unique as well.
> Thanks.

You should ask on the Subversion mailing list for such a feature. TSVN
does not do authentication itself: that's done in the svn library.

Stefan

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