From 4d6649092c3b7800ac1fbeb87053025abf95272d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Gustafsson Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:28:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: SSL/TLS related acronyms and glossary This adds MITM and SNI as acronyms, as the documentation already had them marked up with . SSL/TLS and MITM are further added to the glossary. Also while in there, make sure to spell man-in-the-middle with dashes consistently. --- doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 2 +- 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml index 13bd819eb1..f01f2b9332 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml @@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ + + MITM + + + Man-In-The-Middle attack + + + + MSVC @@ -590,6 +599,15 @@ + + SNI + + + Server Name Indication + + + + SPI diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml index c8d0440e80..e45a117a0d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml @@ -891,6 +891,17 @@ + + Man-In-The-Middle (attack) + + + A Man-In-The-Middle attack is when an attacker secretly relays, and + possibly alters, communication between two parties who think that they are + communicating directly with each other. + + + + Master (server) @@ -1403,6 +1414,18 @@ + + Server Name Indication + + + An extension to the TLS protocol where the client + specifies which hostname it tries to connect to at the start of the + handshake. This allows a server to present multiple certificates by the + same IP address. + + + + Session @@ -1492,6 +1515,18 @@ + + SSL/TLS + + + A network connection using a TLS protocol to achieve + end-to-end encryption. SSL refers to the now + unsupported SSL family of protocols, the term has + however become synonymous with secure connections. + + + + Standby (server) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index daf2233124..6728df7e00 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -8430,7 +8430,7 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*) - Man in the middle (MITM) + Man-in-the-middle (MITM) If a third party can modify the data while passing between the client and server, it can pretend to be the server and therefore see and -- 2.30.1 (Apple Git-130)